Roscosmos will not spend money to create inter-orbital tug with nuclear power propulsion plant. Research into the prospects of using such engines are conducted, but so far mostly on paper, write "Izvestia". According to previously announced plans, the nuclear reactor for the future of the engine was to appear in 2017.

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Roscosmos will not spend money to create inter-orbital tug with nuclear power propulsion plant. Research into the prospects of using such engines are conducted, but so far mostly on paper, write "Izvestia". According to previously announced plans, the nuclear reactor for the future of the engine was to appear in 2017.

In mid-August, the Russian Federal space Agency in view of economy of budgetary funds also postponed the landing of the Russian cosmonauts on the moon in 2029 to 2033-2034 years. According to the publication, considering the recent statements by industry leaders about the need to justify it to the moon from the point of view of cost, and it can be transferred to the "more prosperous times."

At the same time when preparing a mission to Mars nuclear engine will certainly be in demand — it will allow to solve the task of providing the vehicle with energy. If the date of the Russian moon landing smoothly moved over to the middle of the century, the flight to Mars the more ceases to resemble the event that you want to prepare now.

work on the creation of nuclear engines for space vehicles was actively conducted in the USSR and the USA in the last century: the Americans closed the project in 1972, the Soviet Union in 1988.