MOSCOW, March 23Space is an area in which Russia and Western countries have not yet broken contact, said Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, in a long interview with leading Russian media, including Medvedev also wondered why cut off contact if space is the future of everything humanity.
«It's amazing, absolutely amazing, but this is the area in which we have not yet broken off contact with our» friends «. Well, they are pragmatic people, of course, also because it is beneficial for them. But really in this regard, manned astronautics using and our rockets, and their rockets, of course, stations, it continues. Not without a creak and problems, but it continues, and, I think, it's good. Well, why break contacts, if space is definitely the future, let's say, of all mankind» , — said Medvedev.
During the interview, Medvedev was asked whether the space mission remains important for Russia in the context of science and research in the current conditions.
«I can answer in one word: of course Yes, I can answer a little more in detail — probably, this is more correct. Space gave us not only victories in space, reports to the leadership of the party and government, pride in Gagarin, Titov, Tereshkova, for the first satellite, but also a lot of new technologies. that now it has become different er, it's pointless. Yes, there is civil space, it has its own difficulties, since it requires a lot of money, and at the same time, it is generally better to operate it jointly,» Medvedev said.