Moins de touristes sur les places soyouz et plus de femmes cosmonautes

11.14.2011 / 8:30 Space tourists will no longer fly to the "Union"


Head of Space Agency has decided not to sell space tourists "booked" by Russian astronauts in space ship "Soyuz", reported Friday the "Interfax" referring to a source in the space industry.
"Under the old manual Russian Space Agency space tourists gave the place of one of the Russian members of the crew, thereby shifting the years fly "ejected" from the astronaut crew and destroying the team preparing for the flight. The new agency leadership decided that, if the astronaut in the crew declared, he must fly his place in the ship can not be sold to tourists, " - told the agency.
According to a source in the space industry, in connection with the sale of Russian tourist places in ships "Soyuz" all of the astronauts on the flight, which was so very long, has grown considerably.
"Many astronauts have to wait for the flight 10 years or more. Such joyless prospect is not conducive to entering into the cosmonaut corps of young people, "- he said.

11.15.2011 / 00:05 Popovkin promised to increase the number of female astronauts


Roskosmos really hold an open set in the cosmonaut, with the number of women sent into space will increase, said Monday the head of department Vladimir Popovkin.
"competition will be really open," - said at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Popovkin, commenting on plans to open enrollment in the cosmonaut, "Interfax".
According to him, there were changes to the set of the cosmonaut. "When he entered the party, then become an astronaut," - said Popovkin.
Previously, the title of "astronaut" awarded only melted into orbit members cosmonaut.
"As Serova (the only woman in an astronaut), then my task, that a woman should be in orbit, "- said Popovkin.
According to him, women constitute more than half the population of Russia, but in an astronaut almost not represented. -

patchfree a écrit:Avec le nouveau directeur de Roscosmos, il n'y aura plus de place soyouz de cosmonautes russes vendues à des touristes.

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Par ailleurs il souhaite favoriser le vol de femmes qui se sont raréfiés. Il n'y a plus en effet qu'une seule femme (Serova) dans le corps des cosmonautes russes.

Astro-notes a écrit:

patchfree a écrit:Avec le nouveau directeur de Roscosmos, il n'y aura plus de place soyouz de cosmonautes russes vendues à des touristes.

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Par ailleurs il souhaite favoriser le vol de femmes qui se sont raréfiés. Il n'y a plus en effet qu'une seule femme (Serova) dans le corps des cosmonautes russes.

Là patchfree je trouve que ton propos est dès plus modéré ( :) ) en ce qui concerne la "gente" féminine russe !
Pour ma part je trouve que la présence féminine russe sur les vaisseaux Soyouz frise le néant.

pioneer6014 a écrit:Combien de touristes ont volé jusqu'à présent sur Soyouz ? Cinq/six au moins ? A 20 millions de dollars le billet, cela a dû faire une somme non négligeable pour l'industrie spatiale russe. Mais maintenant que les Américains payent pour leurs astronautes, peut-être que ça relativise l'intérêt de cette rentrée d'argent "régulière"...