Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia (part of Roscosmos) He wants to take an example from the American company SpaceX, headed by engineer and businessman Elon Musk, [...] the general designer of the enterprise Vladimir Solovyov told RIA Novosti.
"To avoid long-term construction, I propose to modify the organizational structure of work on the station. I follow the activities of Elon Musk, he has certain things that it would be very nice for us to implement. The point is that he convinced NASA to allow him to work as he determined himself, with the volume of tests that he prescribed for himself, " the general designer said.
He also noted that Musk " took on the risks, pays for all the failures out of his own pocket." "I believe that we need to adopt this idea of Musk, to re-evaluate the entire system for creating rocket and space technology," Solovyov said.
In April, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said that Russia, after withdrawing from the International Space Station (ISS) project, allows the transfer of the Russian segment of the orbital laboratory to NASA. In the same month, he said that the Scientific and Energy Module (NEM), originally created for the ISS, will be used as a foundation for the construction of the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS).
In the same month, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said that Russia would withdraw from the ISS project in 2025 and begin creating a new national orbital station. At the same time, the official said that the situation associated with the aging of the ISS structures is becoming catastrophic and Russia cannot put the lives of astronauts at risk.
Ivan Potapov
