Representatives of the United States at a meeting with the head of the state corporation "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin talked about the possibility of extending the operation of the International Space Station (ISS) for a period up to 2030. This was told by Rogozin himself on Tuesday, October 26.
According to him, Roscosmos considers such a development of events unlikely, which NASA insists on.
"Americans today at a meeting with me talked about 2030, which is hard to believe," Rogozin said at a briefing at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress in Dubai.
On October 4, it became known that the modules of the American segment of the International Space Station have about 250 serious technical comments. At the same time, 80% of the equipment in the Russian segment of the station has already exhausted its resource. Among the comments is a leak in the intermediate chamber of the Zvezda module, which makes the docking port temporarily unavailable.
On September 13, the head of NASA's manned flight program, Kathy Luders, said that the organization expects to extend the operation of the International Space Station for at least 10 years. According to her, NASA is working with partners around the world to make sure that the ISS meets the needs of the industry.
In July, during a meeting of the Presidium of the Scientific and Technical Council, the Council of Chief Designers concluded that due to the aging of a significant part of the ISS equipment, further operation of the Russian segment of the ISS after 2024 creates additional risks.