Russia: July 2008 Archives

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Note the NK-33 single engine for the first core stage

Why won't Russia's Federal Space Agency (FSA) aka Roscosmos just admit that its "private investor" for the 2011 flight is Space Adventures?

At the joint Russian delegation press conference yesterday I recorded my brief question and answer opportunity with FSA/Roscosmos deputy director Vitaly Davidov about the 2011 private spaceflight agreement, the cooperation with South Korea and Soyuz in Kourou


caption: Davidov on the phone prior to the press conference's start
 
I never got an answer to the third part, maybe that was the translator's mistake, but I didn't get much about Korea or this mooted 2011 flight either

Click here to download a recording of my very brief Q&A at the press conference in Russian and English. The recording begins with the translator asking my questions in Russian and then Davidov's answers, which are translated. The sound qualty varies due to the public address system and background noise - well it is an airshow!

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Is this Energia Rocket and Space Corporation's concept for the Euro-Russian Crew Space Transportation System vehicle? I was told by the two Energia employees on the company's stand that they had been given it to display at the last minute. They knew very little but said they thought it was reusable and it could carry six people