On Monday, the Russian Federation Space Agency (Roscosmos) has announced plans to move all the survival training Soyuz spacecraft passenger seat of the Russian naval base in Sevastopol, annexed the Crimea. This step in the other countries of the building in a difficult situation because the Americans, the Europeans and Japanese astronauts to travel to the occupied territory of Ukraine without visas issued.
If other countries refuse to travel to the astronauts had been annexed by the Russian peninsula of training and they pass away because they can not be allowed to travel to the International Space Station (ISS), which will soon have to change crew.
Training took place in Sevastopol in the past, but about 10 years ago they moved to a small place in the lake to Moscow because it was cheaper - Roscosmos budget was trimmed.
NBC News notes that the agency's budget has been further compressed this year, so the decision to move the base in the Crimea is in no way associated with the economic calculation. On the contrary - such a move would cost more.
Russian space capsule - so far the only way to fly to the ISS. This - not the first time that Russia is using this monopoly as a political tool.
In May, Dmitry Rogozin announced that Russia nebebendradarbiaus with the United States on the ISS after 2020., As well as the United States nebepardavinės rocket engines. United States promised 100 million. dollar own rocket motor production.
