NASA: space out of range of politicians radar

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It's no secret that in the last decade, relations between Russia and the United States have left much to be desired. However, current tensions in political issues between Moscow and Washington did not affect the cooperation of scientists of the two countries on space issues. This was announced to Interfax by the director of the NASA program for human research, William H Paloski.





It should be noted that Paloski is the co-director of the joint Russian-American project SIRIUS to study the compatibility of the crew members of the lunar expedition. That is, he is responsible for the project on the American side.

No, it didn't. As a scientist who is not very interested in politics, I have always liked the fact that we can work with each other. And we are working quite successfully

- said Paloski.

Paloski recalled that even at the height of the Cold War, cooperation between Moscow and Washington was maintained at a decent level. And this already says a lot, because science is a universal language that people communicate in.

At all times, we do things that are outside the reach of politicians. It seems to me that from a political point of view, it is useful to have at least one part of each country that is able to work with each other

- he stressed.

Paloski added that on March 1, 2019, an important four-month experiment will begin on the SIRIUS project. Its participants will be four Russians and two Americans. The experiment will be conducted on the basis of the Terrestrial Experimental Complex of the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. After all, the more humanity plans various manned flights in outer space, including those with significant distances from Earth, the more important it is to know what impact the crew members have on being inside a small ship during all this time.

In fact, a flight simulation takes place, during which a study of human behavior, including possible psychological problems among crew members or complexity within the team, is carried out in order to develop measures to eliminate them. Moreover, when forming an international crew, it is necessary to understand how a multicultural atmosphere will affect it and what stress factors can be.

Paloski noted that a flight to the moon is considered by NASA as possible at the turn of 2026 - 2028. He recalled that, under the agreed SIRIUS project, experiments on compatibility between crews for 8 and 12 months will be carried out together with the Institute of Biomedical Problems of RAS. They are important, especially for a future expedition to Mars, which may take two to three years.
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