The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, called Russian specialists capable of challenging the SpaceX team of American inventor and billionaire Elon Musk. According to him, these are new personnel of the Samara University, [...] the press service of the Samara region quotes RIA Novosti.
It is noted that the general director of the state corporation met with the governor of the region Dmitry Azarov at the Progress Rocket and Space Center, where the parties discussed the prospects for the development of the enterprise and the training of employees of the space industry.
Rogozin stressed that a design bureau is functioning on the basis of Samara University, new generations of young scientists, designers, engineers are being trained, who do not stop there and are ready to solve new problems.
"And if we talk about which of the Russian space companies is most ready to challenge the SpaceX team, I think it's Samara, "the head of Roscosmos concluded.
Earlier, Rogozin outlined the goal of cosmonautics for billionaires. He stressed that this is a great achievement of humanity, which should be aimed not at finding a way to escape from planet Earth, but at recreating conditions for the survival of people, at preserving their native planet. Thus, the CEO of the state corporation commented on the discussion concerning Elon Musk's plans to colonize Mars.
Marina Sovina