The reason for the refusal to develop a Russian super-heavy "lunar" rocket is named

15 September 2021 11

The crisis in the Russian space industry has not spared the domestic "lunar program" either. According to the head of the Institute of Space policy Ivan Moiseev, the project to create a rocket on an oxygen-kerosene engine to deliver the necessary cargo to the moon will be closed.

Work on the super-heavy rocket "Elements of STK" is currently completely stopped due to the excessive cost of the project, but it cannot be ruled out that they will be resumed in the future. Dmitry Baranov, General Director of the Progress Rocket and Space Center, spoke about this.

The cost of developing this entire rocket requires a decade of spending for all space activities.

- noted Baranov in an interview LOOK.

Later, the idea arose to create a rocket powered by a methane engine. However, if an oxygen-kerosene power unit was developed earlier, and a rocket based on it turned out to be very expensive, then an aircraft powered by a methane engine will require even more costs.

In addition, the rocket under development was intended only to send cargo to a natural satellite of the Earth and is not needed for other purposes. Freezing the program of manned flights to the Moon, calculated until 2025, makes the development of the rocket impractical. At the same time, according to Moiseyev, even if federal funds are allocated for the construction of the rocket, the Russian cosmonautics will not be able to master them due to the lack of appropriate personnel and capacities.

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alexey alexeyev

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15 September 2021 19: 26

Another confirmation that the Americans did not fly to the moon, and most likely they will not fly in the coming years ...
1. Igor Pavlovich
  
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  15 September 2021 20: 59
  
  One more rogozin was found - about trampolines it is necessary to remind ...
  1. alexey alexeyev
    
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    15 September 2021 21: 34
    
    And the trampoline .. Officially announced ... No spacesuits.
Sergey Latyshev

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15 September 2021 19: 52

Yeah

The cost of developing this entire rocket requires a decade of spending for all space activities.

Well, the appetite for just one development ...

The noodles are already hung for people, you can round off.
"The boy said, the boy did" - it didn’t concern.
And money is needed for apartments, summer cottages, cars and other joys in the life of trampoline owners.

even if federal funds are allocated for the construction of the rocket, the Russian cosmonautics will not be able to master them due to the lack of appropriate personnel and capacities.

Everything has gone somewhere in 20 years ...
smersh chek

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15 September 2021 20: 08

the Americans have not been to the moon, and even more so there is nothing for us to do there, the Russian Federation does not print trillions of dollars, Rskosmos needs to develop reusable rockets, the most promising Korona rocket, unlike Falcon, it is single-stage, that is, completely reusable, Falcon has only the first stage reusable, the second burns out
Dukhskrepny

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15 September 2021 20: 33

The country "rising from its knees" does not need it
1. Ivan Voronich
  
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  15 September 2021 22: 32
  
  If you had allocated a trillion rubles, you would have whined that we would only plunder the money and it would be better if they gave it to pensioners.
Jarilo

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16 September 2021 11: 38

Freezing the program of manned flights to the Moon, calculated until 2025, makes the development of the rocket impractical.

And how they will take off from the moon. It is also necessary to build a cosmodrome on the Moon, bring in personnel, fuel, oxygen, rocket stages, assemble and install a rocket, refuel, check, etc.
Alexander K_2

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17 September 2021 17: 58

Correct and honest article: Even if federal funds are allocated for the construction of a rocket, the Russian cosmonautics will not be able to master them due to the lack of appropriate personnel and capacities!
ont65

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2 October 2021 14: 15

There is an institute, a politician, too, but they have barred the way into Russian space. What is it like? Whose institution is this asking? The story with Russian heavy carriers turned into a more than 20 year old epic, and with superheavy ones it began to resemble a circus with a slightly shorter history. With fanfare, we considered and approved a fucking multi-unit firecracker for a lot of money and went for even more to master the budget. Although all this time in the discussions, warnings of this kind of undertakings were sounded. Like why the country needs a super-expensive carrier with a narrow specialization. The program will end and everything will be scrapped? Wouldn't it be better to create a suitable medium or heavy monoblock launch vehicle for a manned program and, on its basis, if necessary, like Musk, to assemble a package? And there is such a carrier. This is Soyuz-5. But it is unprofitable to spin it up to 100 tons. The same Musk rejected this idea after calculating. Now builds BFR. Whether Russia needs BFR is another question, but an analogue of Heavy is quite acceptable, and most importantly, we are implementing it now. It is enough to return the light version of the Eagle to Soyuz-5.
ont65

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13 October 2021 05: 28

Nevertheless, Roskosmos has placed a document in state purchases, which, among other research projects, provides for the development of parameters for a super-heavy rocket, a manned transport ship and a lunar take-off and landing ship. It also lists the research and development work on the technical parameters of the "Russian Orbital Station" space complex (ROC "KK ROS") and analogs for the Angara LV of the existing complexes and ships delivered from the Soyuz LV stations. The list of required works and documentation is extensive with a focus on the capabilities of the Angara LV of all types. The sum for all works with terms of reference was allocated in the amount of 1.7 billion rubles. Much starts from scratch, but it does not end, and this is the main thing.