Roscosmos CEO Dmitry RogozinMOSCOW, March 14 Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said on Monday that the exploration of the moon should be justified in terms of material resources, it makes no sense to send a person there when robots can perform all tasks. «Why do we need this? Why should our person jump on the moon?» he said on Sputnik radio.
Rogozin spoke about plans to create a military-applied orbital stationAccording to Rogozin, the presence of a person is justified only where automation can't handle it. A person needs a huge number of life support systems: “he needs to breathe, go to the toilet, feed, he needs to be entertained, so that he does physical exercises, otherwise he will begin to degrade in two weeks.” He also expressed doubts about the scientific value of the new American lunar program «They want to send some unusual person there. And I ask: why? Here's the first American person (under the renewed program of flights to the moon. — Approx. ed.) Will be a black woman, or, say, a white man. Or yellow, but neither a man nor a woman. He solves his national internal problems. That is, the president who does this, America will be the first under him, «Rogozin said. According to him, every flight of Americans to the moon under the new program will cost 4.5 billion dollars. Even if Russia manages to make flights to the Earth's natural satellite cheaper, it will still be a huge expense that will have to be taken away from education, healthcare and other areas, Rogozin added. .jpg» />Rogozin announced when Roscosmos will decide to end cooperation with the ISS
