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In Roskosmos met Vladimir Popovkin and Jean-Jacques Dordain
:: 20/12/2011

December 19 Roskosmos met the head of the Federal Space Agency Vladimir Popovkin and CEO of the European Space Agency Jean-Jacques Dordain.

Participants of the meeting summed up the activities created in August of this year, the working groups on science and the elimination, as well as exchanged views on prospects for Russia's participation in the project "EkzoMars."

The results of the Working Group on Science announced its co-chairman, General Director of FSUE TsNIImash Gennady Raykunov.

In the process, the working group were examined five research projects that are of potential interest: mission to Jupiter's system of landing on one of its icy satellites, the mission to deliver soil samples from the polar region of the moon, the mission to study Venus' atmosphere and landing on her mission on near-Earth asteroids delivery of soil samples to Earth, as well as the creation of an astronomical observatory on the basis of the telescope, based on the Fresnel optical elements. The most noteworthy were found Moonlight research mission, the timing of which - 2016-2020 years, and Jupiter mission (landing on the moon Ganymede), which can be started after 2020.

The meeting participants agreed with the conclusions of the working group on science and decided to proceed with the proposed project. The next stage of their implementation should be the development of technical specifications.

As for the other three projects, in the opinion of Vladimir Popovkin, you should not lose sight of them and hold them for research.

General Director of FSUE "Khrunichev them. Khrunichev "Vladimir Nesterov, who co-chairs the working group on launch vehicles, outlined the main general objectives and possible areas of cooperation in the field of launch vehicle. They were cut launch costs, the use of environmentally friendly fuels, especially in the fall of spent stages (for Russia - the use of areas falling outside the continental territory), the establishment of a new manned vehicle lifting capacity of 20-25 tons, and the creation of heavy-duty vehicle (carrying capacity of more than 50 t with an opportunity to improve in the future) to serve the manned missions of space exploration.

According to the head of Russian Federal Space Agency, the possibility of technical realization of these projects, no doubt, but to transform them into life from an organizational point of view should be closer cooperation between enterprises of Russia and Europe. "The next step is to connect businesses in Europe to assess the feasibility of these projects. Park boosters must meet the missions that we pledge, and do not develop by itself "- he said.

The meeting participants agreed with the conclusions of the working group on launch vehicles and supported the proposal to proceed with the draft with the condition to attract companies and space agencies of Europe, especially France and Germany.

Press Secretary of the head of Russian Federal Space Agency

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the establishment of a new manned vehicle lifting capacity of 20-25 tons, and the creation of heavy-duty vehicle (carrying capacity of more than 50 t with an opportunity to improve in the future) to serve the manned missions of space exploration.