Moscow. April 21. INTERFAX-The new Russian space station will not be permanently inhabited, like the ISS, due to radiation exposure in a high-latitude orbit, said the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
"Yes, this orbit is more stressful in terms of radiation exposure to the crew. It's just that we will reduce the crew's working hours so as not to put them at risk. Accordingly, the station will most likely not be permanently inhabited, but visited, " Rogozin told reporters on Wednesday.
On April 19, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov announced that the new Russian space station is planned to be raised to a high-latitude orbit, which will cover the entire territory of Russia and the Arctic. "We need to go higher - to a high - latitude orbit, this will allow us to see the Russian territory almost as much as possible, especially, which is very important, the polar regions, and this is also connected with the development of the Northern Sea Route, "Borisov said in an interview with the TV channel" Russia 1 " (VGTRK).
As it was reported, Russia plans to build its own space station, the exit from the ISS project is being considered, and this is due to the deterioration of the technical condition of the Russian segment of the station.
Russia will be able to finance the construction of a new space station itself, but it is also ready for cooperation, Borisov said. "We will definitely take it, but we will pull it ourselves," he said.
The Deputy Prime Minister noted that the station will be able to be a transit point for long-term space flights.
"Of course, this is one of the new functions, the station is very seriously considered as a kind of intermediate point for flights and exploration of the Moon, lunar space," he stressed.
The Russian Federation currently has plans to actively finance the project to create an independent space station until 2030, it can cost up to $6 billion, an informed source told Interfax last Tuesday.
"So far, there are only preliminary calculations and the first terms of financing - until 2030," the source said.
He said the new station could cost a total of $5-6 billion.
The Russian leadership has approved the decision to create an independent Russian space station, the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper reported on April 12. An informed source of Interfax reported on April 13 that the project to create an independent Russian space station has not been approved, and the parameters of its financing have also not been determined. "There is no solution. The package of proposals is really ready, but not agreed, " the source said at the time.
On April 18, Deputy Prime Minister Borisov announced his intention to notify the International Space Station partners in advance of the withdrawal from the ISS project.
