Media: Russia decides on the extension of the work on the ISS beyond 2020
Russia can continue its work on the international space station (ISS) and after 2020, about it on the first day of the week informs the print edition.
first Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that the Russian Federation after 2020 will put their funds into a fresh, more promising space projects than the ISS. In response, NASA chief Charles Bolden has expressed the opinion that the friction between the U.S. and Russia on the issue of Ukraine still does not lead to the end of the ISS.
" The question of Russia's participation in the ISS beyond 2020 remains open, but with a probability of 90% of the country's leadership will agree to participate in the project and further ", - informs the print edition citing a source in the Russian Federal space Agency.
According to the magazine, Russian enterprises of rocket and space industry continue to create fresh modules for the space station according to the same schedule.
The U.S. and European Union have imposed sanctions against Russia in response to the accession of the Crimea and position on Ukraine. NASA has suspended cooperation with Russia, but made an exception for those projects where interested Americans, such as the ISS. Soon then Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin in Twitter introduced the initiative to the Americans to take its astronauts to the ISS using the trampoline ".