Marinin: accident Cygnus will not break the American segment of the ISS
Accident Cygnus space truck will not lead to serious consequences for the U.S. segment of the ISS, provisions, there will be enough until the next shipment of the truck.
about this is said in a conversation Last news academician of the Russian Academy of cosmonautics named after Tsiolkovsky, chief editor of the magazine " news of cosmonautics " Igor Marinin.
Ukrainian-American booster Antares space truck Cygnus, which he had to deliver more than 2 tons of cargo to the ISS, exploded at the moment of launch at the Baikonur cosmodrome Wallops (USA). According to NASA, in the end, disaster lost equipment for scientific experiments, and spare parts for the station.
" in General, most anything (it) will not. American segment have already been built and operated. The fact that there was carrying food and necessary things, is not critical, because of the upcoming American ship segment is very stretch, accumulation there are large enough, " said Marinin.
the head of the Department said that sharing food from the Russian part of the ISS, most likely, it will not be necessary, although the crews are so cohesive that " the Russian buffet and American - they are often confused, often at each other's homes to go and eat food, so issues there will be."
first, NASA assured that food and water on the ISS will last at least until March.
at the same time because of the loss of scientific equipment it will be necessary for several years to postpone a series of experiments, believes Marinin.
" The fact that there have been several devices for new experiments that will do - it will be necessary to produce fresh and experiments will have to be postponed for several years, as long as these devices will be ready. But there is also nothing wrong, " - said the head of the Department.
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