[FPSPACE] Yuriy Semyonov "The situation with the financing of the ISS is catastrophic".
james oberg
joberg@houston.rr.com
Mon, 20 Oct 2003 07:02:36 -0500
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JimO: Recently I posted an earlier version of this assertion, that =
without more money the follow-on spacecraft could not be built and that =
the scheduled Dec Progress launch would slip into next year. Was it =
really "blackmail", or just the reality of Russian space budget =
negotiations? Semyonov says that the promised funding from the federal =
budget has not been delivered. What other solutions are there, to =
prevent the assembly line from shutting down? This is an old, old theme =
between RSC-Energia and their customer, a familiar pattern.=20
Lenta.ru (Oberg translation): Yuriy Semyonov: =93The situation with the =
financing of the ISS is catastrophic=94.
The situation with the financing of the ISS program is catastrophic, =
asserts the head of rocket-space corporation "Energia" Yuri Semenov. He =
stated on Monday at the press conference that "the situation was not =
forced " prior to the docking of "Soyuz" with ISS, but it is now =
intended to turn to Mikhail Kasyanov apropos of additional allocation of =
assets, reportss "Interfaks". "RKK Energia carries out all undertaken =
obligations, but the government does not carry out its obligations. And =
I will request so that these obligations would be executed ", said =
Semenov. Otherwise, according to him, "there can be no talk about =
continuation of the program, because all ships are frozen".=20
"We do not have any claims against Rosaviakosmos. All obligations, =
which Rosaviakosmos took, were fulfilled before the appointed time", =
emphasized the President OF RKK Energia. Semenov recalled that "when the =
misfortune of Columbia happened, under the pressure of Rosaviakosmos =
"the solution was accepted that the government would divvy out =
extra-budgetary resources. There was promised that the second half-year =
will be examined additionally, and means would be allocated". However, =
according to him, "such means did not arrive". RKK Energia "took large =
credits for the building of ships, and these credits have to be paid =
somehow by us", added Semenov.=20
The press conference was conducted in Russian Mission Control Center =
immediately after the docking of Soyuz TMA with ISS. The ship delivered =
to the station the Russian of Aleksandr Kaleri, the American Michael =
Foale and Spaniard Pedro Duque.=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>JimO: Recently I posted an earlier =
version of this=20
assertion, that without more money the follow-on spacecraft could not be =
built=20
and that the scheduled Dec Progress launch would slip into next year. =
Was it=20
really "blackmail", or just the reality of Russian space budget =
negotiations?=20
Semyonov says that the promised funding from the federal budget has not =
been=20
delivered. What other solutions are there, to prevent the assembly line =
from=20
shutting down? This is an old, old theme between RSC-Energia and their =
customer,=20
a familiar pattern. </FONT></DIV>
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Yuriy=20
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"Energia" Yuri Semenov. He stated on Monday at the press conference that =
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situation<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>was not forced =
" prior to=20
the docking of "Soyuz" with ISS, but it is now intended to turn to =
Mikhail=20
Kasyanov apropos of additional allocation of assets, reportss =
"Interfaks". "RKK=20
Energia carries out all undertaken obligations, but the government does =
not=20
carry out its obligations. And I will request so that these obligations =
would be=20
executed ", said Semenov. Otherwise, according to him, "there can be no =
talk=20
about <SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>continuation of the =
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style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"We do not have =
any claims=20
against Rosaviakosmos. All obligations, which Rosaviakosmos took, were =
fulfilled=20
before the appointed time", emphasized the President OF RKK Energia. =
Semenov=20
recalled that "when the misfortune of Columbia happened, under the =
pressure of=20
Rosaviakosmos "the solution was accepted that the government would divvy =
out=20
extra-budgetary resources. There was promised that the second half-year =
will be=20
examined additionally, and means would be allocated". However, according =
to him,=20
"such means did not arrive". RKK Energia "took large credits for the =
building of=20
ships, and these credits have to be paid somehow by us", added Semenov.=20
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conference was=20
conducted in Russian Mission Control Center immediately after the =
docking of=20
Soyuz TMA with ISS. The ship delivered to the station the Russian of =
Aleksandr=20
Kaleri, the American Michael Foale and Spaniard Pedro Duque.=20
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