Roscosmos has begun designing its own space station, as colossal funds are needed to extend the operation of the International Space Station (ISS). Otherwise, the ISS will “fall apart” by 2030, said Dmitry Rogozin, director general of Roscosmos.

“So far we have government permission to work on the ISS until 2024. The United States has decided to work there until 2030. We believe that by 2030 the station will fall apart. Its resource is 15 years. Count, 15 years have long passed since 1998, ”TASS quotes Rogozin.

Extending the operating life without investing "enormous funds" in the station, he said, would be risky for the crew. In this regard, Roscosmos has already begun designing its own station.

“We have already started the preliminary design. We need a few more years. Now, if we push ourselves hard, in 2026 we could put the first module into orbit, ”Rogozin emphasized and added that the gap between the operation of the ISS and the launch of a new station is undesirable, since in a few years you can lose skills in crew training and research.

He also noted that in the current geopolitical conditions, work on the ISS would be inefficient.

“I do not consider work on the ISS to be effective in the current conditions. But there is one problem: we have not yet deployed the Russian Orbital Service Station, which will be several times more efficient.”

At the end of February, Rogozin expressed the opinion that the International Space Station (ISS) would be operated no longer than until 2028. According to the plans of Roscosmos, the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS) and the ISS will operate in parallel.

Plans to create a national space station and withdraw from the ISS project were announced during a meeting on the development of the space industry in April 2021. At the same time, the authorities suggested that the ROSS should be operational by the ISS operation is completed.

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