Marinin: PE with Cygnus was due to modification of the Soviet engine
Responsibility for the accident At the start of the Ukrainian-American Antares rocket with the space truck Cygnus lies entirely in the USA, the accident occurred due to modification of the Americans, the Soviet engine, according to the Academician of the Russian Academy of cosmonautics named after Tsiolkovsky, chief editor of the magazine " news of cosmonautics " Igor Marinin.
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 on the Atlantic coast of the United States. According to NASA employee, in the outcome of the disaster was lost equipment for scientific experiments, and spare parts for the station.
Policy specialist in the field of space, distinguished University Professor George capital of the United States John Logsdon suggested that the accident could be caused by problems in the engine. However, the Commissioner of the manufacturer told me that the engines of the rocket Antares passed all the testing stage, and among them the Russian Federation, no issues have been identified.
in the United States created a special Commission, which will disclose details of and reasons for the explosion of the rocket. The causes of the events will be discussed on November 4 meeting of the heads of space agencies, and among them the Russian Federation and the United States.
Academician of the Russian Academy of cosmonautics named after Tsiolkovsky Igor Marinin told Last news that the engine used in the rocket, the Antares, was bought from the USA for a long time. They were made from mid 70-ies in the USSR for the modified missiles of the Soviet H-1M for landing a man on the moon, but the program was closed, some of the engines are destroyed, and Several dozen were purchased by Americans for their programs.
Testing of engines produced and Russian Experts, and the U.S. after the purchase. When this 1st stage engine and its adaptation Americans did with Dnipropetrovsk specialists.
" The Americans started Their engines not only experience, but also to adapt his rocket. That Is, They were pretty serious improvements and gave them their name. Got the engine already American. The Americans saved, did not produce its own engine, bought our very good quality and used by experts of Dnepropetrovsk, which are freed from applications for " Zenith ", because the joint has stopped " Zenith " order, and started to do this 1st step, " said Marinin.
according to the interviewer Agency, at any stage of adaptation and modification of the engine under the U.S. program has failed.
" Whether it is a pipeline, whether it's in the tank got Something of an outsider, because tanks are also in Ukraine do, but the engines are checked, because we have the opportunity many times to join, for this reason They were tested here in Russia, and the United States, and even before you start. So here are Some external cause, not the engine. For this reason, I think that Russia is the Responsibility of every removed, " explained Marinin.
He said that Director of the company-manufacturer Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares Frank Culbertson said a statement that At this time detailed data on the causes of the disaster there, but, apparently, the engine exploded due to alterations ".
" Over the years we have tested and Americans were checked, and those engines that we send, all of them were normal. They can be tested, because They are multiple inclusion. There are engines that cannot be tested - once They are included, and these can, for this reason, all arrows should translate on the American side, " concluded the head of the Department.
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