SKOLKOVO will build a lunar base for 550 billion
Domestic firm "Lin Industrial", which is a resident of SKOLKOVO, ready to establish a base on the moon for 550 billion. Roscosmos and the Russian Academy of Sciences on the same project are asked to allocate the budget of 2 trillion by 2025.
Lunar base plan to place on mount Malapert, which is located near the South pole of the moon. This choice is due to the convenient location of the mountain in relation to the Earth. "The cost of creating a lunar base is the first step on the 2 crew members and 2 stages for 4 people, according to unconfirmed estimates, will reach 550 billion rubles", - said the chief designer of the company Alexander Ilyin.
The project involves the use of existing technologies and tools, which are possible in the next 5 years. As the booster is supposed to use heavy Angara-A5". The lunar landing module I wish to make on the basis of the upper stage "Fregat".
For the construction of the base serves to make 13 starts heavy boosters. Just to sustain base need 37 launch within 5 years, calculated firm.
A perfect place for such a large project is specifically Malapert. "This is a fairly flat plateau with a direct line of sight of Land, which guarantees good conditions for communication and is a comfortable place to land. On the mountain, over 89% of the time there is sunlight, and the duration of the night, which happens only a few times a year, does not exceed 6 days", quoting Rollin RIA Novosti.
The probable life of the project magnified a time period of 10 years from the date of decision. 5 of them are specific deployment base and work crews.
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