MOSCOW, November 7. The operating life of the Russian Orbital Station (ROS) should be 50 years, this is necessary to work out technologies for flight to other planets, Vladimir Solovyov, general designer for manned complexes and systems of Russia, said on Tuesday.
““We are designing the Russian orbital station in such a completely impudent way and declaring its service life of 50 years,” Solovyov said at the conference.” Earth — Orbit — Deep Space.»
He explained that during this time, with the help of ROS in Earth's orbit, it will be possible to develop the technologies necessary for flights to other planets of the Solar system, primarily to Mars.
< br />According to Solovyov, the lunar ship should be based on a reliable transport system, and the Martian ship should be a modular station. Such a station “must first, from the point of view of reliability and operability, be tested” in low-Earth orbit.