Roscosmos General Manager Yuri Borisov said that the loss of the automatic station “Luna-25” is not a reason to stop the development of the Earth’s natural satellite. TASS.
He stressed that the lunar mission will certainly continue.
According to Borisov, it is always necessary to draw conclusions from such situations in order to reach conclusions later.
“I talked to the developers of the system NPO Lavochkin, they are developing lunar missions. It’s a young team, the guys are upset but can’t wait to repeat this mission. We will do our best,” he said.
Noting that we should not stop at science, Borisov said “it is even more important when victory is won”.
“This road is tough and long. Luna-26, Luna-27 will follow them. We need this information for future flights into deep space. Do not let this failure reassure the developers, we will succeed, ”says the head of Roscosmos.
On August 29, spokesperson for Russian President Dmitry Peskov at a briefing with journalists urged not to despair Due to the failure of the Luna-25 mission.
Formerly India it happened the fourth “lunar power”.