INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the first segment of Russia&s new orbital station, which Moscow sees as the next logical
development in space exploration after the International Space Station (ISS), should be put into operation by 2027.In a meeting with space
industry officials, Putin also vowed to proceed with Russia&s lunar programme despite the failure in August of its first moonshot in 47
years, Russian news agencies reported, according to Reuters.Putin said Moscow&s decision to extend to 2028 its participation in the ISS, now
25 years old, was a temporary measure.&As the resources of the International Space Station run out, we need not just one segment, but the
entire station to be brought into service,& Putin was quoted as saying of the new Russian orbital station.&And in 2027, The first segment
should be place in orbit.&He said the development of the station had to proceed &all in good time& or the Russian programme risked falling
behind in terms of the development of manned space flight.The new station, he said, had to &consider all advanced achievements of science
and technology and have the potential to take on the tasks of the future&.Yuri Borisov, head of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos,
endorsed Putin&s position as a means of maintaining the country&s capabilities in manned space flight.&The ISS is getting old and will come
to an end sometime around 2030,& Russian agencies quoted him as telling reporters.&If we don&t start large-scale work on creating a Russian
orbital station in 2024 it is quite likely that we will lose our capability because of the time gap
What I mean is the ISS will no longer be there and the Russian station won&t be ready.& In his remarks, Putin also said he had been informed
fully about the technical mishaps that led to the crash landing of the Luna-25 craft in August on the moon&s south pole.&We will of course
The lunar programme will continue
There are no plans to close it,& Putin said.&Mistakes are mistakes
It is a shame for all of us
This is space exploration and everyone understands that
It is experience that we can use in the future.&Borisov said the next moon launch might be moved forward to 2026 from 2027 as now
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