General Director of the Russian space Agency, Dmitry Rogozin, refused to join the efforts of the Corporation with the activities of the American company SpaceX Elon musk, because he works for the Ministry of defense.
“He’s a contractor for the Pentagon. What kind of Association You say?” – Rogozin wrote on Twitter, responding to a proposal of the subscriber to join forces with Musk.
“Expand their company satellite group (Starlink – approx. OPINION) will also be used for military purposes. It is dual use. Do not build illusions, citizens,” he added.
As reported in the analytical study of the Russian operator of commercial services “glavkosmos launch services”, NASA and DoD as customers initially pay for the full cost of the reusable rockets SpaceX is Elon musk, while commercial customers it provides large discounts for their launch services and therefore reusable carriers cost for them are much cheaper, reports TASS.
The study States that only SpaceX has received funding from NASA in the amount of more than $ 7 billion in contracts to develop technologies and ensure the delivery of cargo and astronauts to the International space station (ISS).
As the authors of the study, the technology of reusability, i.e., reusability, at the present time “from an economic point of view is justified only in the case of “anchor” customer of launch services in the domestic market, are willing to pay the maximum or full price for the materiel of the carrier rocket, part of which will then be reused in the framework of commercial launch services on the foreign market”.
Reusable rocket can be reused, for the first time what you need to make it for a full refund, and then sell it for either the same cost or to apply a different model, more secure for business, according to the study.
Also, “glavkosmos launch services” indicates that the Space X has spent no less than $ 1 billion on developing the technology of mnogorazovogo. The first stage of the rocket Falcon-9 is 70%, the remaining 30% of the cost of all the materiel necessary for the second stage and the fairing that costs $ 6 million, specifies in the materials.
Previously Elon Musk boasted that, supposedly unlike his SpaceX, the other company in the market of launch services depend on state support and supplies from Russia. The General Director of “Glavkosmos” (“daughter” Roscosmos) Dmitry Loskutov in response called the Mask of “Mr. lobbyist.”
