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+-   2010: Russia To Cease Space Tourism-> on Sunday April 20 2008, @11:16AM epsas

Submitted by epsas on Sunday April 20 2008, @11:16AM
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epsas writes "On Cosmonaut's Day (April 12th 2008) the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) announced that they will cease it's $40,000,000-a-flight space tourism enterprise. Vitaly Perminov, the head of Roskosmos, elaborated on this statement by citing national criticism of the space tourism project; all the while reiterating their focus on the International Space Station and the new launch site at Vostochny Cosmodrome.

Vitaly Lopota, the president of the Energia space rocket corporation, said he believes space tourism is a forced measure compensating for insufficient financing of the Russian space program.

This statement (made the day before) by Vitaly Lopota follows another announcement that "Energia is ready to send missions to the Moon and Mars if told to do so by the government. ""
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