Roscosmos will not make personnel changes after the accident at the Luna-25 automatic station. He said that the project was carried out by a young team and that it should be supported and should not be stopped by failure. TASS Yuri Borisov, head of Roscosmos.
Borisov emphasized that people are “very worried” that employees “may run away” if you “beat the young team away from them”. “On the contrary, they now need to be supported,” the company’s president said.
Today Vladimir Putin met with space industry experts and saidHe instructed the government to develop a national project for the development of the space sector. The plan must be prepared by July 1, 2024. The head of state also said that the first module of the Russian orbital station could be launched into orbit in 2027, and private space companies could also begin operating in Russia.
The president spoke about the accident at the Luna 25 station, calling it an “offensive incident.” The country’s president also emphasized that the lunar program will continue despite the failures.
Putin added that “such failures” as with Luna-25 occurred “despite modern excessive requirements” of regulatory regulations.
Nathan Eismont, RAS lead researcher, formerly at the Space Research Institute (IKI) statedthat it was possible to shut down the Luna-25 engines in time during the station’s transition into pre-landing orbit.