[FPSPACE] Excalibur Almaz Update

[Anatoly Zak]

Bart, you are absolutely right and I posed exactly that very question to
Lopota. He used phrase ³they (Roskosmos) do not object² (ne vozrazhayut) in
his answer, even though the question was -- do they ³agree² with your
priorities? However the whole presentation was done under the roof of the
joint Roskosmos exhibit and besides the PTK spacecraft  also showcased the
Rus-M rocket and the Vostochny launch site, which are, of course, the
agency¹s officially approved projects. I also understood from sources, that
TsNIIMash was a key player in putting this together, so I assume RKK Energia
and Roskosmos are on the same page now, at least in general strategy.

Anatoly Zak
http://www.russianspaceweb.com


On 8/20/09 3:48 PM, "Bart Hendrickx" <bhen at scarlet.be> wrote:

> Anatoliy Zak wrote :
>> >The real news from this show is the public release of the massive Russian
>> 30-year plan for manned space program. According to this vision, Mars is a
>> winner, >the Moon is a loser :) Russian strategic space planning department
>> clearly worked overtime on this!
> Is this a Roskosmos or RKK Energiya plan that you are referring to? Two years
> ago Roskosmos announced an architecture in which the Moon would be used as a
> stepping stone to Mars, while somewhat later RKK Energiya President Vitaliy
> Lopota unveiled a plan where the Moon took a backseat to Mars (not the first
> time that Roskosmos and RKK Energiya have proven to have different agendas).
> If the newly unveiled plan that you mention is a Roskosmos plan, that would
> mean that Roskosmos has adapted its strategy to that of RKK Energiya.
> Bart Hendrickx  
> 
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