Moscow. November 9th. INTERFAX - Russian cosmonauts will have to wait at least a month for the opportunity to fly to the Moon because of the need to prepare the Vostochny cosmodrome for a new launch, according to a report by specialists of the rocket and space corporation Energia.
"The third rocket launches a manned transport vehicle (Orlyonok - IF) with cosmonauts on board the near-Earth orbital station, where they are waiting for the launch of the fourth rocket with an oxygen-hydrogen transport vehicle," says the theses of the report to the scientific and technical conference of scientists and specialists of RSC Energia.
As noted in the report, there should be "an interval of at least one month between the launches of each of the four-launch rockets, associated with the preparation of the launch table."
The authors also indicate that the crew is expected to spend two weeks in orbit.
The report refers to a variant of a flight to the moon using heavy Angara rockets, involving four launches.
On September 23, it was reported that Roscosmos would allocate 1.7 billion rubles to conduct research on the lunar program.
On May 22, the executive director of Roscosmos for science, Alexander Bloshenko, told Interfax that the implementation of the lunar program with the superheavy Yenisei rocket will require about 1.7 trillion rubles, 900 billion will be needed to create a payload and manned vehicles themselves.
The payload, he noted, includes several Eagle spacecraft, a lunar landing module, lunar rovers, lunar spacesuits, scientific equipment and other equipment.
Also, according to him, 400 billion rubles will be required to deliver a person to the Moon using Angara rockets, excluding payload.
On March 9, Roscosmos reported that Russia and China signed a memorandum on the establishment of an international scientific lunar station.
In January, Roscosmos announced the withdrawal of the Russian side from the American lunar Gateway project.
On October 19, 2020, Rogozin tweeted that the Russian state Corporation and the Chinese National Space Administration held a videoconference on bilateral cooperation, "including the lunar exploration program."
In July 2020, Rogozin reported on negotiations with the Chinese side on the creation of a joint lunar base. According to him, the project can also be open to other countries, including the United States.
