It includes the project of the nuclear tug "Zeus", said the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin
MOSCOW, September 21. /TASS/. Roscosmos expects to protect the project on nuclear space energy, which includes the project of the Zeus nuclear tug, in the government of the Russian Federation by the end of the year. This was announced on Tuesday by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
"I hope that by the end of the year we will defend the nuclear space energy project in the government," Rogozin said during the scientific and practical conference "Orbit of Youth".
According to the head of Roscosmos, now the Russian Federation is about seven years ahead of its competitors in space nuclear energy. Now a stand has been created for testing the elements of the Zeus nuclear tug being created. In particular, the problem with heat discharge has been practically solved.
In December last year, it became known that Roscosmos and the Arsenal Design Bureau signed a contract for the development of an advance project of the nuclear tug "Nucleon", which will be used for flights into deep space. The contract value is more than 4.17 billion rubles. It was concluded on December 10. The end date of the contract is indicated as July 28, 2024. At the end of December, Rogozin announced that the device would be called "Zeus". Its first mission is scheduled for 2030.