"АНГАРА" /«ЛУНА-26» / ЯДЕРНЫЙ БУКСИР «ЗЕВС». Сурдин и Хохлов

In this interview, astrophysicist Vladimir Surdin and aerospace engineer Alexander Khokhlov discuss the current state of Russian space exploration, including the Angara rocket, Luna‑26, the nuclear tug Zvezda, and the future of crewed missions. They examine why Russia’s space program is falling behind (00:57), how state space companies are financed (03:19), Elon Musk’s competition with Roscosmos (05:49), what is missing for Russian crewed spaceflight (07:27), the prospects for human missions to the Moon (11:43), the countries building crewed stations (12:28), China’s challenges (13:30), the Tiangong station (14:57), the possibility of people flying to the Moon (16:30), the “Orl” spacecraft (17:18), whether China copies the USSR or the US (18:42), the future of Luna‑26 (19:50), the Russian lunar rover (21:58), Indian and Chinese rovers (23:13), the nuclear tug Zvezda (24:30), the need for a nuclear reactor on the Moon (26:16), solar panels on the ISS (30:08), the Angara rocket’s power (22:42), the end of cooperation on the ISS (36:05), joint Moon flights by Russia and India (37:28), the Russian orbital station (39:03), the purpose of orbital stations (45:48), American Moon missions (47:03), Elon Musk and Starship’s role (48:27), China’s potential early Moon landing (51:05), duration of human Moon stays (51:58), lunar bases (52:42), China’s Mars sample return (55:12), China’s project success rate (56:37), satellite internet (58:31), and satellite technology (01:05:51).