The fall of Luna 25 could accelerate Russia’s lunar program. Such an opinion on the mood of NSN audible Alexander Zheleznyakov, full member of the Tsiolkovsky Russian Academy of Cosmonautics. According to him, this direction requires additional funding.
“Of course the space program in the lunar version has to be revised. We hope this revision will be positive: the work schedule will be intensified and we will not delay the planned launch of the next stations, but rather try to start them earlier,” he said.
He added that further implementation of the lunar program depends on the decisions of the government and the Ministry of Finance on whether to allocate funds to continue the work.
According to Roskosmos, the Luna-25 station was “destroyed” as a result of a collision with the lunar surface. Communication with him was lost the day before when he gave an impulse to create a pre-landing elliptical orbit. A special interdepartmental commission will investigate the causes of the accident. About the failure of the mission, which Russia sent to the moon for the first time in 47 years – in the material “socialbites.ca”.
Previously reportedInformation that the Progress MS-22 spacecraft was immersed in the ocean.