Russian spacecraft tender cancelled

• Russian spacecraft tender cancelled by Suzy on 18 Jul, 2006 21:42
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• #1 by bobthemonkey on 18 Jul, 2006 22:51
• thanks for posting the update. I posted a link to the 'flight' article earlier in the news forum but it somehow disappeared - quite bizzare.
• #2 by t walker on 21 Jul, 2006 14:16
• Hang on, everything's confusing me. It sais on wikipedia that Kliper is cancelled, so what does that mean? Does it mean Russia will have no manned spacecraft before long, that Soyuz will go on forever or that they are planning something else?
• #3 by InfraNut on 21 Jul, 2006 15:26
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  t walker - 21/7/2006  5:03 PM
  
  Hang on, everything's confusing me. It sais on wikipedia that Kliper is cancelled, so what does that mean? Does it mean Russia will have no manned spacecraft before long, that Soyuz will go on forever or that they are planning something else?

  
  The government funding is shifted away from Kliper to a new capsule-based joint project with ESA, based on Soyuz (Return Capsule that is Bigger than current descent module), ATV (Service Module + Tug) and Columbus (Hab Module), since the technology is more mature and therefore less risky and expensive to develop. Detailed design and final division of work is TBD. See:
  
  http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/06/13/Navigation/200/207228/Kliper+dropped+for+lunar+capsule.html
  
  http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/07/18/Navigation/200/207935/Farnborough+Russia's+Federal+Space+Agency+cancels+manned+spacecraft.html
  
  http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/06/23/Navigation/200/207398/ESA+to+finalise+manned+capsule+contributions+at+July.html
  
  Energia will however continue on its own with technology development in preparation for Kliper, but without government money, the original timeline will almost certainly be stretched out, and the risk of subsequent cancellation is now more significant. (Perhaps that aircraft developer they teamed with for the winged version can put in some extra cash, but that maybe just wishful thinking).
  
  http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/07/19/Navigation/200/207953/Farnborough+Energia%e2%80%99s+Kliper+work+continues+with+wind+tunnel.html
• #4 by publiusr on 18 Aug, 2006 21:20
• I wonder if it wouldn't have taken Proton to launch Kliper after all...