MOSCOW, April 11. /TASS/. the General Director of the Russian space Agency, Dmitry Rogozin, responded to the words of the head of the company SpaceX Elon musk about the lack of reusable rockets from Russia. Musk wrote on Twitter that the SpaceX rockets are reusable for 80%, Russian — 0%. “This is a topical problem,” he said.
“All instructions for the solution of problematic issues on our space rocket industry was received during the meeting with the President of Russia. In the instructions from Washington, the Federal space Agency does not need”, — Rogozin wrote on his Twitter page in response to the statement Mask. “All the cynicism and hypocrisy of our opponents. Instead of fair competition in the market of space launches, they lobby against us sanctions, and with impunity use the dumping,” — said the head of Roscosmos.
He added that when the Russian opponents ask about the real price of launch services, they are “blush and instead of answering trying to put a shadow on the fence.”
Rogozin Informed the meeting on the development of space rocket industry, which was held by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, said that Roskosmos will reduce the cost of launch services by more than 30%, to increase the presence in international markets and in response to dumping by U.S. companies. According to him, the cost reduction will come from reducing non-productive costs and improve the operating efficiency of the enterprise.
Rogozin said that Roscosmos pricing is a response to dumping by American companies, which are financed from the budget of the United States. As an example, he cited the company SpaceX, which, if the market price trigger is about $60 million, NASA is paying for the same service from a half to four times more.
