Reuters June 18 quoted NASA head Jim Bridenstine as saying it was not possible to tell when American astronauts could board the ISS Station with spacecraft and missiles. America.
Mr. Bridenstine blamed this on SpaceX for the itinerary of bringing American astronauts to the ISS Station depending on SpaceX’s research, testing and maneuvering program. However, the explosion with the spacecraft last April caused not only SpaceX but NASA’s plan to collapse.
"There is no doubt that the schedule will change. This is not what was originally planned" - Mr. Brid Bridenstine told reporters at the Paris Airshow exhibition.
Many sources close to SpaceX told Reuters that the company will still ensure the route to complete this spacecraft.
Declaration of the head of NASA brought unhappiness and distrust to the US space company.
SpaceX’s plan is also affected by more pessimistic scenarios about bringing Americans out into space by means of Americans. That also means, the plan to give up dependence on seat contracts on Russian spacecraft is also delayed.
Fortunately, NASA anticipated this scenario. Director of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) Dmitry Rogozin in March wrote on Twitter that the agency is ready to provide Russian spacecraft seats to US astronauts if the program develops the ship. New US manned universe is delayed.
"We are willing to help US partners in case their new manned spacecraft program is delayed. We agree with the proposals of the US Space Agency (NASA) about going to use it. use both US and Russian spacecraft to bring international crews to the International Space Station (ISS) in the future "- Mr. Rogozin wrote.
Reportedly, before Rogozin wrote this information, NASA proposed buying more seats on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
This news comes after the delay of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program has not really been completed. NASA said it had bought two more seats on the Russian spacecraft for American astronauts. They do this based on recommendations from the Aerospace Safety Advisory Council (ASAP) after the agency is worried that both SpaceX and Boeing are likely to slow down in the construction of manned spacecraft. Private is Dragon 2 and Starliner.
SpaceX failed to test the emergency rescue system for the Dragon 2 manned spacecraft in April. An explosion occurred, which resulted in the destruction of the rocket’s landing gear developed by SpaceX. The explosion did not help Dragon-2 continue its mission to bring people to SpaceX’s ISS Station.
SpaceX said it would not say anything with the plan to launch a Dragon-2 manned spacecraft in July as planned.
Boeing - another contractor hired by NASA to develop a separate missile and capsule system to bring astronauts to space, has also delayed their own flights for months.
