Аннотация: A leave from the list of great space powers. (To the history of the "Nauka" module). An essay.
A leave from the list of great space powers. (To the history of the 'Nauka' module). An essay.
The 'Nauka' [Science] Module (in its original version) was created around 1998.
According to the original plan, the launch of the MLM (Multipurpose Laboratory Module) 'Nauka' [Science] towards the ISS was supposed to take place in 2007, but for organizational and financial reasons it was postponed to 2011, and then to 2012.
On the Internet, the independent person record the announcements about the postponements of the launch of the 'Nauka' - it turns out about 20 postponements of the launch.
In 2020, the opinion was expressed that after many works, the modern 'Nauka' module is, already, a new product (with the exception of some elements).
For about twenty years, specialists have been finalizing MLM 'Nauka' - a new generation of employees in the space industry has grown up! The opinion was expressed that there is even a benefit in the fact that the 'Nauka' module remains on Earth. This module serves as a kind of training ground for the training of a new generation of post-Soviet followers of Sergei Korolev.
One of the public announcements said that MLM 'Nauka' would be launched in April 2021.
Today is June 1, 2021, but the 'Nauka' module continues to play its useful role in terrestrial conditions.
By April 2021, a several factors came together:
1. The resource of many elements of the ISS, including the Russian segment, has been exhausted (depleted).
2. The media is discussing the possibility of completing the financing of the ISS from side of the United States.
3. The current operation of the ISS costs NASA $ 3-4 billion a year.
'At a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, which took place on April 12 [2021], on Cosmonautics Day, it was announced the decision to create Russia's own space station and abandon the use of the International Space Station (ISS). This information was aired on the TV channel "Russia 1" in the program "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin"." (https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/18/04/2021/607c12ea9a794760e3e97389) [unofficial translation]
Every process has a beginning and an end.
It was reported that Roskosmos has plans "to deploy a new generation national orbital service station." [so named Russian Orbital Service Station] (https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/18/04/2021/607c12ea9a794760e3e97389)
It can be assumed that MLM "Nauka", originally manufactured around 1998, as well as the "Prichal" Nodal Module and the Scientific Energy Module (NEM), cannot be called a" new generation orbital service station ". ("Prichal" and NEM, they both are in queue behind "Nauka": for structural reasons, it is not advisable to launch these two modules before MLM "Nauka" is launched).
It is unlikely that modern Russia intends to allocate for the maintenance of a "new generation orbital service station" amounts comparable to the costs of the United States for the maintenance of the ISS - that is, $ 3-4 billion a year.
The perspectives are clear from this.
In practical terms, it is very likely that a new list of statements about future space achievements will be published, the achievements, which are to be seen in about 10-15 years.
[XXIV. The tale about conversation between Nicolaus Copernicus and Isaac Newton. (From the Collection "Two Tales of Four Technical Revolutions"). (English). - March 26, 2017.
XLVI. The Fairy Tale about the King of stellar creativity - April 25, 2017.
MCIX. Fyodor Dostoevsky and the USSR space project. A literary note. - November 6, 2019.
MDXXI. A comparative history of the MIR space station and the Mirny Antarctic station. Essay on scientific and technical history. - June 26, 2020.
MDXXX. Liquidation of the supervisory-intellectual, space and literary intelligentsia. Common features and differences. The essay. - June 30, 2020.
MDCXLVII. How an inventor from USA launched the US space program. A sketch about the history of the space race. - August 16, 2020.
MDCCCLXXXIX. A Cosmic Throw in the information holding. A story. - December 9, 2020.
MMXXI. A fundamentally new space technology - a space helicopter. The note. - February 19, 2021.
MMXXIII. A long-awaited successful breakthrough in nanotechnology. MiMi Aung and the space helicopter 'Ingenuity'. A super brief review. - February 20, 2021.
MMXXVI. To Mars - for apples. ("Dare Mighty Things"). An essay. - February 22, 2021.
MMXXVII. Orbital stations, Sun, Moon, Mars, Saturn ... A note. - February 22, 2021.
MMXXXV. Principles of coding and decoding of messages from a higher civilization. ("Dare Mighty Things"). The note. - February 25, 2021.
MMXXXVI. Ian Clark - who is he and what is known about him? The note. - February 26, 2021.
MMXXXVII. They made the parachute work under harsh conditions. ('Luck favors the prepared'). The note. - February 27, 2021.
MMXXXIX. Theodore Roosevelt, Louis Pasteur, the InSight project ("I am on the edge of mysteries"). The note. - February 28, 2021.
MMXL. William J. Broad on United States Space Force. A super short review. - February 28, 2021.
MMXLVIII. Chance favors the prepared. Elon Musk and the Universal Space Apparatus. The essay . - March 5, 2021.
MMXLXVIII. Let us look to the future. A space orbits for a financial means and for a concerted action. The note. - March 10, 2021.
MMLIX. France. From the Athena-Fidus satellite incident to patrol satellites ... A note on defense space trends. - March 11, 2021.
MMLX. A space solutions in a large information holding. A story (continued). - March 11, 2021.
MMLXI. "He brought the stars closer." Emmanuel Macron will take part in space exercises. The note. - March 12, 2021.
MMLXVI. A space anti-brokering in the information holding. The story (continued). - March 14, 2021.
MMLXVIII. The space exercises in France have come to finish. The next step is the creation of a NATO Space Center of Excellence in Toulouse. The note.. - March 15, 2021.
MMLXXIX. It is not enough just to desire: you have to do it. A moving towards the Great Space Revolution. The note. - March 15, 2021.
MMXСIII. Edison, Tesla, Sikorsky, Hughes, Musk. Tsiolkovsky, Krzhizhanovsky, Korolev. ... Kellner, Deripaska ... A culturological essay. - March 30, 2021.
MMСI. The ten thousand global economies. "We are pushed to our limits at all times." NASA's Psyche mission and Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton. The note. - April 5, 2021.
MMСII. Jim Bridenstine. Elon Musk. Bill Nelson. A some details of biographies. An essay on the history of space research. - April 6, 2021.
MMСXХII. Have flown in. An essay on the history of Russial space policy and diplomacy. - April 18, 2021.
MMСXХV. Copernicus and Newton. A cosmic intuition and a cosmic mathematics. A space helicopter took the first powered, controlled flight in Mars' thin atmosphere. An essay. - April 20, 2021.
MMСXХXIII. Robot Fedor on the space scene. The third manned flight of Crew Dragon to the ISS and a summation. The note. - April 25, 2021.
MMСXХXVIII. Recommendations for effective participation in the Lunar Program. A Joke-note. - April 28, 2021.
MMСXL. The original historical concept by Vladimir Zalessky "East-Republican Space Project and the Russial (Soviet) intelligentsia". - April 29, 2021.
MMСXLVII. Auxiliary manual on political economy. (Interview with Aras Agalarov). - May 5, 2021.
MMСXLIX. Successful test of Starship and improvement of the robot Fedor. The essay on the history of space exploration. - May 6, 2021.
MMСLXV. The success of the Chinese Mars program and Russia's space prospects. The essay. - May 15, 2021.
MMСLXVI. On the notion of "great space powers". The original classification of states based on the usage of space technologies. An essay. - May 16, 2021.
MMСLXXXIII. The place and the prospects of the Russial space industry. (Regarding the GLEX conference). An essay. - May 27, 2021.
MMСLXXXVII. From the first onto the third place in the list of great space powers. An essay. - May 29, 2021.].
June 1, 2021 13:44
Translation from Russian into English: June 1, 2021 16:54.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Выбывание из списка великих космических держав. (К истории модуля 'Наука'). Очерк'.