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Large cuts in the funding of the space program – Interia

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Dmitry Medvedev, Russian Prime Minister / AFP

by approving the plan presented in January by the agency Roskosmos, Medvedev instructed to reduce the budget space program for the years 2016-2025 of 2 trillion rubles (28.16 billion US dollars) to 1.4 billion (19.71 billion USD).

“This is a great program; we need such large programs, even in situations where not all is well in the economy “- quoted Prime TASS.

Reuters writes that the space program, rooted still in the” space race “of the cold war, in Russia is a matter of pride. However, along with other costly projects, such as preparations for the football World Cup in 2018, state support for Roskosmosu victim of the economic recession, fueled by the fall in oil prices and Western sanctions.

In connection with the reduction of funding Roskosmos he agreed to delay by five years a manned flight to the moon, which was planned for 2030 years, and to give up plans to construct a rocket reusable.

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