Russian space industry should multiply manufacturing of spacecraft - Roscosmos CEO
MOSCOW. April 12 (Interfax) - Russian space agency Roscosmos CEO Yury Borisov has called for more actively implementing modern technological solutions in the domestic space industry and increasing the manufacturing of spacecraft.
"We should be more active in introducing new technologies and multiplying spacecraft production in the interests of state customers, our entrepreneurs, and ordinary citizens," Borisov said in a video address Roscosmos published on Wednesday, when Russia celebrates Cosmonautics Day.
Previous generations made the country a leading space power, but "you can't go too far based solely on past achievements," and recent events have shown the need for changing approaches, he said.
"It is impossible to imagine even everyday life routines without space technologies these days. We get high-quality communications, navigation services, weather forecasting, and much more thanks to devices operating in space," he said.
People employed in Russia's space industry have always been marked with a creative approach toward solving complicated problems, engineering talents, ingenuity, and hard work, he said.
"I am sure that, applying these qualities, we will be able to handle modern challenges and attain the goals facing us," he said.
He urged the managers of space industry companies "to be open to new ideas of their employees, support reasonable initiatives of people working in the space rocket industry, and take a creative and responsible approach toward their work," he said.
Borisov greeted all those employed in the space industry on Cosmonautics Day, thanked them for their work, and wished them good health and wellbeing.
"Nearly 70 years ago, humankind blazed a trail to outer space, and it is a joy to know that it was our country that did it. Tsiolkovsky, Korolyov, and Gagarin - their names, as well as the names of thousands of their associates and contemporaries, have been written in world history books forever," he said.