Аннотация: They organized the marriage of me without my participation. Financial problems of the "Nauka" module and of Russial cosmic sector. The note.
They organized the marriage of me without my participation. Financial problems of the "Nauka" module and of Russial cosmic sector. The note.
"Exclusive material of kp.ru. July 31, 2021 11:40. Dmitry Rogozin, General Director of Roscosmos: My predecessors called Science a long-suffering laboratory module. Komsomolskaya Pravda columnist Alexander Milkus spoke with the country's chief cosmonaut about the fate of the Russial segment of the ISS, about the preparation of filmmakers for space flight and about the meeting with Elon Musk. (https://www.kp.ru/daily/28311.5/4452687/) [unofficial translation]
There is an interesting phrase in this material:
'- (...) I remember this module, tucked into a corner in one of the shops of the Khrunichev plant. Reanimating a module is expensive. (...)
- (...) But, to be honest, losing 18 billion state rubles is much worse. I had to risk it. "
'MOSCOW, July 30 [2021] - RIA Novosti. The head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin named the cost of the Multifunctional laboratory module Nauka, which the day before was docked to the ISS: 18 billion rubles.
"Losing 18 billion rubles is much worse," he said on the air of KP radio, explaining why it was decided to launch a module that had been lying on Earth for a long time, instead of handing it over to the museum. " (https://ria.ru/20210730/nauka-1743692598.html) [unofficial translation]
The KP material also contains other interesting information.
"Cabin for Peresild
- Let's go back to space, to the Science module. In October, director Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild are to fly to the ISS. (...)
'They were in this module when he was on Earth. (...)
- And some of them will spend the night in "Nauka"? We will have five people on board during the shift. There are two cabins in the Zvezda service module and one in Nauka. It is the newest and probably the most comfortable one. Probably it will be prepared in favour of Peresild?
- We haven't thought about it yet. If Komsomolskaya Pravda is ready to offer such an option, we will certainly discuss it with the crew. But I think that this is an everyday matter, an everyday matter, they will agree among themselves who will spend the night where. " (https://www.kp.ru/daily/28311.5/4452687/) [unofficial translation]
We also have material dated 2019 at our disposal.
'15 Nov 2019, 16:51.
NASA has named the cost of flights to the ISS on Russian Soyuz.
Over the past two decades, 239 NASA astronauts have visited the International Space Station (ISS), for 70 of them they bought seats on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, according to the NASA report.
The purchase of 70 seats on Soyuz cost NASA $ 3.9 billion. The document notes that after the Shuttle program was closed in 2011, astronauts from the United States went into space only on Russial ships. " (https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5dcea8239a7947d0120cce69) [unofficial translation]
Thus, we are able to determine the average cost of space flight on the Soyuz spacecraft for a flight to the ISS.
We will divide 3.9 billion US dollars by 70 and will convert result to Russial rubles.
US $ 3.9 billion divided by 70 equals US $ 55,714,285.
The official US dollar exchange rate in Russian rubles (as of July 31, 2021) is 73.14.
55,714,285 US dollars multiplied by 73.14 equals 4,074,942,804.9 Russian rubles.
Thus, the cost of flight of two persons to the ISS is 8 149 885 609.8 Russian rubles (4 074 942 804.9 multiplied by 2).
And the cost of the flight with accommodation is comparable to the cost of the entire Nauka module. (What is the exact cost of accommodation for two people on the ISS during the scheduled time frame?)
Who will pay 8 149 885 609.8 rubles for a flight of two people and an additional amount for accommodation?
'... Yulia Peresild and the director will fly to the ISS for 10 days for 2 billion rubles? (...)
But I would find a better use of money than sending these two there, - said Kornienko. '(...) I don't know, maybe these are extra-budgetary sources - I don't really understand who will pay these 2 billion for them.' (https://kino.anews.com/136497775-kosmonavt-kornienko-vozmuwen-otpravkoj-peresilyd-na-mks-za-dva-milliarda.html) [unofficial translation]
If, indeed, 2 billion rubles will be paid (by whom?) for the accommodation of two people, Then the loss for Russian taxpayers may be 8149885609.8 - 2,000,000,000 = 6,149,885,609.8 rubles.
Even for such a rich country as the Russian Federation, which is one of the most financially prosperous countries and has solved all the problems with poverty, 6 (six) billion rubles is a significant amount.
(The causes of negative attitude towards investigations, including international ones, is becoming clearer).
Did the Russian taxpayers agree to pay for such an event?
Probably, members of the highest representative body - Duma members and advisers - need to worry not about raising fines for traffic violations, but about checking the financial situation of the Russial space industry.
It is advisable to divide the huge "Mont Blanc" of problems into separate sectors (approximately, into ten sectors) and conduct detailed financial audits of each sector (with the publication of all reports for general informing).
It is advisable to pay special attention to the so-called premiums, amounting to millions of dollars, and the issue of the legality of their payment.
August 2, 2021 04:44
Translation from Russian into English: August 2, 2021 05:47.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Без меня меня женили. Финансовые проблемы модуля 'Наука' и российского космоса. Заметка'.