The head of Roscosmos also suggested that European colleagues were surprised when they read the news about the continuation of full-time cooperation between NASA and the Russian state corporation
MOSCOW, March 1. /tass/. Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin ironically reacted to the idea of the European Space Agency (ESA) to use European rockets to launch satellites into orbit, which were planned to be launched on Russian Soyuz rockets.
"Then when they have them," Rogozin wrote in his Telegram channel.
The head of Roscosmos also suggested that European colleagues were surprised when they read the news about the continuation of full-time cooperation between NASA and the Russian state corporation. "I can imagine with what surprise and confused eyes the European allies read this message - "Stirlitz has never been so close to failure," he recalled a phrase from an anecdote in the publication.
The head of the NASA manned flight program, Kathy Luders, during a virtual press conference, which was broadcast on the YouTube channel of the NASA contractor Axiom Space, said that cooperation between Roscosmos and NASA is going on as before.
Earlier, the European Space Agency (ESA) reported that it was studying the possibility of using European rockets to launch satellites into orbit, the launch of which was planned to be carried out on Russian Soyuz rockets. They clarified that systems that are currently in operation, as well as promising Vega C and Ariane 6 rockets, can be considered as possible carriers. This is how the European side reacted to Rogozin's statement on the suspension of cooperation with European partners on the organization of launches from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana in response to EU sanctions.
