MOSCOW, March 23 Russia needs to work on the commercialization of space, including taking a cue from launches on private money in the United States and turn each launch into a standard product, said Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev in a long interview with leading Russian media, including.
«Space has become commercial, and nothing can be done about it. It must be commercialized. It is impossible to consider that this is only an object of state investment. Look at the success of launches that are made for private money in the United States of America. We must take an example from them» — said Medvedev.
«Each launch before was a separate victory, which was reported from radio stations. It was clear that this was an absolutely unique story. And now we must turn it into such a standard product,» the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation emphasized.
“The last thing I’ll say as a person who has been dealing with this space money for a long time. Of course, it would be nice to have more of them, this is objectively true. But you understand what’s the matter: the Soviet Union often spent money on space for the sake of prestige. It’s true, and we have achieved great results. Now we cannot afford it, so funds must be allocated, but reasonably and sufficiently,» Medvedev said.
He also noted that developments in the space industry have a dual purpose, for example, along with the development of launch vehicles, Russia is simultaneously engaged in its strategic nuclear forces.
«Another thing is that if earlier the transfer of technology was very simple: from military space to civilian space, and then to civilian, so to speak, life, now it is more and more diverse. This is a paradox or a phenomenon there, a trend of modern a period when many civilian developments seep into the military sphere. Not in our country, not only in our country, but in all other countries. Since a lot of products are born precisely as purely civilian ones, and then unexpectedly find their application in the defense industry. So space should be «, — added Medvedev.