NPO Tekhnomash warned of a possible decrease in the reliability of the Soyuz spacecraft RSC) Energia may affect the quality of the Soyuz spacecraft. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the report of specialists of the Research and Production Association (NPO) Tekhnomash (part of the Roscosmos state corporation).
the reliability of spacecraft. In the abstracts of the NPO Technomash report to the scientific and technical conference of RSC Energia scientists and specialists, they predicted a decrease in the reliability of spacecraft.
devices produced by the experimental mechanical engineering plant RSC Energia due to a decrease in the utilization of production capacities, “the authors of the report warned.
Earlier, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) approved the idea of cross-flights with Russia. The head of the US ISS program, Joel Montalbano, noted that the initiative implies flights of NASA astronauts aboard the Soyuz spacecraft.
In September, Deputy Director General of RSC Energia Alexander Derechin noted the impossibility of increasing research in low Earth orbit. During his introduction to the international Gagarin conference, he said that expanding research requires additional funding.