Chinanews, April 1, according to Russian satellite network, Russian "Energy" rocket and space group chief engineer Andrei Bechkov said that the group is studying a plan to save the cost of flying to the moon, about 390 billion rubles. (Approximately RMB 33.8 billion), and the cost of the previous plan was 820 billion rubles (approximately RMB 71 billion).
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He said that the program plans to use the "Angara-A5" or "Soyuz-5" rocket to launch several modules into low-Earth orbit to assemble a lunar flight complex.
If two super-heavy rockets are used to fly to the moon and land on the lunar surface at a cost of 820 billion rubles, then the new scheme will cost 390 billion or 391 billion rubles, depending on the assembly scheme.
He said: "According to our estimates, it is possible to orbit or fly to the moon's high orbit from 2026, and carry out unmanned and manned moon landings in 2028 and 2029, respectively."
In December 2020, the head of the Russian State Aerospace Corporation Dmitry Rogozin published an article revealing that the project of the Russian super-heavy rocket "Yenisei" will be modified and the rocket will use new technical solutions to replace current technology Therefore, it is expected that the "Angara" series rockets will be used for the first manned mission to the moon in Russia before 2032.
Previously, according to the presidential decree, the first super-heavy rocket was originally scheduled to be launched in 2028.