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News / Brèves / Man’s Destiny in Space / Destin spatial de l’humanité Russia Will Rebuild Space Infrastructure; Aim for Moon and Mars 15 March 2012 The long-range Russian Space Development Strategies to 2030 plan has been completed and presented to the government, the Russian press reports. Such a long-range plan was mandated after the Phobos/Grunt failure, to be a series of recommendations to revitalize Russian space science and research, and modernize aerospace technology to meet ambitious goals for the 21st Century. This will reverse the dramatic decline in Russian aerospace technology, which was wrecked throughout the 1990s by the British-orchestrated IMF "free market" sabotage of Russia’s greatest scientific capabilities. The recommendations include up-grading Russian launch capability, through the long-delayed completion of the heavy-lift Angara rocket, replacing the Soyuz and Proton rockets, which have been flying since the 1960s. By 2018 the missions should be launched from the new eastern Vostochny cosmodrome site, and a new capsule, carrying six cosmonauts, rather than three, is proposed to replace Soyuz capsules, also flying since the 1960s. According to press reports, the plan includes a series of robotic lunar missions to precede manned landings on the Moon. These robotic missions could collect samples, establish Moon bases, and perhaps would include an orbital station around the Moon. By 2020, the plan says, Russia will "conduct a manned circum-lunar test flight, with the subsequent landing of cosmonauts on its surface, and return to Earth," by 2030. As stated in some reports, the plan proposes that in 18 years, the technology could make a manned missions to Mars possible. Before then, a "network of unmanned research facilities" will be built on Mars. This will be done with international partners. And unmanned probes are proposed to be sent to Jupiter and Venus. The goal is to "ensure that the Russian space industry maintains its world-level standards and solidifies its position among the top three space powers." Although the press coverage reports that there are no money figures in the plan, Roscosmos has previously said it has the money it needs, with estimates of the cost at about $6.5 billion per year, and $130 billion over the next 18 years. The report says, and Roscosmos officials have also said, that the funding will come from the government and from private investment. While quite ambitious, the plan importantly directs investment into this critical sector, and there are reports that a new independent agency may be created under the Russian President to carry out the policy. Russia’s capabilities will be a crucial contribution to global space science and exploration potential.