“Despite yesterday’s catchy headlines in the media, we have enough funds for 2024 to work on Zeus, so the “experts” should not be hysterical,” he wrote.
Prior to this, Rogozin expressed the opinion that 1 trillion rubles would speed up the creation of the promising Zeus transport system.
As Alexander Bloshenko, executive director of Roscosmos for advanced programs and science, noted, it is assumed that the first mission of the Zeus nuclear tug will include a search for life on the satellites of Jupiter: the tug will fly around the Moon, go towards Venus, leave several satellites there and begins its journey to Jupiter.
The device is planned to be made in such a way that its power can be changed depending on the flight range and the assigned mission.