According to the news agency Ria-Novosti, the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos is considering returning the federal space program to the framework of the state defense order to ensure steady financing and reduce the number of accidents with space launches.
“It would be beneficial to return the federal space program and the Glonass program to the framework of the state defense order,” said Vitaly Davydov, deputy head of Roscosmos.
“It would bolster discipline in issues related to financing, quality control and schedule deadlines in manufacturing,” Davydov said.
Roscosmos is facing the consequences of 4 major accidents over less than a year, including the loss of a Progress spacecraft on August 24.
![A trajectory analysis that used a computational fluid dynamics approach to determine the likely position and velocity histories of the foam (Credits: NASA Ref [1] p61).](http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/fluid-dynamics-trajectory-analysis-50x50.jpg)
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