The price of upgrading the Soyuz For missions to the moon pre-determined $ 400 million, told reporters the General Director of "Rosatom" Dmitry Rogozin.

He noted that this amount includes the development of spacecraft and organization of the mission itself.

According to the General Director of the Corporation, the chair For tourists wishing to fly around the moon on the "Union" will have Cost more than the flight to the ISS. Thus, the project will pay for itself very quickly, He said.

Rogozin also explained How to pass this mission. When you first start travelers will go on "Soyuz" to the ISS, where they will await the arrival of upper stages launched on a rocket " Angara ". They will deliver a Soyuz to the moon, and then return back to Earth.

in January, a source in the rocket and space industry said that Russia will develop a version of the spaceship Soyuz To fly to the moon without the financial participation of the United States.

For "lunar" versions of the "Union" to make the unit For acceleration, which will send the ship to the Earth, a new heat shield, allowing the ship When returning from the moon down into the earth's atmosphere at the second cosmic velocity (11.2 kilometres per second). You will also need a fresh power supply system, communications and life support.

in addition, As reported in the available to the Last news, documents, RSC Energia, For flight of a Soyuz to the moon required the installation of star sensors, instruments, manual control, evaporative system, extra engines and oxygen tanks.

The possibility of manned flights to the moon on Soyuz spacecraft, as long as completed the development of a new ship Federation Rogozin announced on 28 June 2018. The development of a new spacecraft For missions to the moon conducted in 2009.

later the head of "Roskosmos" said RSC Energia can make a new spaceship "Federation" and in parallel to upgrade For missions to the moon spacecraft " Soyuz ".

As reported in 2017, the former head of RSC Energia Vladimir Solntsev, the Corporation has already applied a few who wish to make a flyby of the moon: They are willing to pay for a ticket for 120 million dollars.



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