34038214 Roskosmos rejected "unsubstantiated" private ships in the dock
Russia will not give permission to dock private spacecraft, manufactured by SpaceX, with the ISS until its reliability is not confirmed by the demonstration flight. This was stated by the head of manned programs Roscosmos Alexei Krasnov. His words were quoted by RIA Novosti. "While we have no evidence that commercial vehicles are well aligned with accepted standards of space flight safety. To prove this it is necessary to examine all the data on a demonstration flight scheduled for 2011, which has not yet taken place," – said Krasnov, commenting on possible docking SpaceX with the International Space Station in December 2011. The official added that while the Federal Space Agency has not received any requests from their American colleagues from NASA. Information about what the company SpaceX approached NASA for permission to dock the private spacecraft to the ISS, was held yesterday in some media outlets. The first private spacecraft, which arrives at the ISS, should become a truck Dragon. Test flight of this ship was held December 8, 2010 – Dragon twice circled the planet and landed in the Pacific Ocean. After the U.S. will turn the shuttle flight program, astronauts and cargo to the ISS will deliver the Russian ships. But America in the foreseeable future, plans to give up services in Russia – the U.S. have relied on a private space company. Recently, NASA has identified four such companies $ 270 million for the development of space transportation, and it was the second tranche of money.
