The Soyuz will bring tourists to the moon
Tourists will be able to set foot on the lunar surface in the next couple of years. Russian spacecraft "Union" under the direction of Russian pilot circled the moon in 2017.
Russian rocket and space company Energia is able to provide circumlunar flight on Board the spaceship "Soyuz" in the coming years, " said President and General designer of the company Vitaly Lopota. "We carefully work with our partners from Space Adventures. We consider all the abilities of joint work with them and we are capable of doing it is to fly around the moon in 2017-2018 years of the "Union". Technically possible," he added.
The approval of a Manager of the Russian company appeared after the report has already signed contracts with 2 tourists, whose names were not disclosed. Visitors circled around the moon on the Russian ship under the professional pilot of Russia. The document published on the web site of the Massachusetts scientific-technical Institute, referring to the President's Space Adventures of Tom Shelley. It is told that the contract with travelers have signed South American firm, however data on the ethnicity, nationality and age future of space explorers no.
Eager to enjoy the view of the Earth from a height of galaxies have to wait a couple of years. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft is scheduled for 2017 or 2018. To pilot the ship should skillful Russian astronaut. The cost of 1-St place in the ship - $ 150 million.
The moon remains one of the most beautiful for the study of objects. Earth satellite intently know for suitability for living and neobyknovennoe. One of the latest discoveries of scientific workers was that the yellow planet also has the tides. Scientists have looked at these phenomena occurring under the influence of the gravitational field of the Earth. The value of the lunar tide is connected with the similar phenomena on Earth and is caused by gravity. The tidal range can reach 51 cm for each party.
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