, held a visitation session. The event brought together the heads of the committees of science and education centers for aerospace, artificial intelligence, engine construction, as well as scientists, engineers and state companies leading.
Thanks to its rich potential, the Samara region could become a center for the development of commercial spaces in the foreseeable future.
Photo: Government of Samara Region
The future belongs to private space
Currently, the scientific and educational center “ Engineering of the future '' includes unique science clusters from six major regions. Among them & mdash; Mordovia and Chuvashia, as well as the regions of Samara, Ulyanovsk, Tambov and Penza.
The core of the center & mdash; in the Samara region, traditionally considered the capital of the aerospace industry. REC projects are requested by larger companies interested in new developments. At MAKS-2021, these areas received additional development impetus.
Thus, the Deputy Director of the Department of Promising Programs and the Sphere Project GK Roskosmos & nbsp; Oksana Wolf stressed that the state-owned company is ready to continue to help promote the engineering initiatives of the future. in all the countries. At the same time, the expert also noted the projects of the private space industry.
Thanks to the support of the state-owned company, a roadmap has already been drawn up. It includes two major projects: a private astronautics business center and a space experiments center. Currently, work is underway on their step-by-step implementation.
In the large space & mdash; of school
General Manager of Stratonavtika (Moscow) & nbsp; Denis Efremov & nbsp; showed with a living example how schoolchildren are involved in scientific and practical activities. There is talk of a joint program with REC for the assembly of mini-satellites. In the Samara region on the basis of the quantorium “ Zhigulevskaya Valley '' are already training young space engineers. School children collect and write programs for spaceships. According to Denis Efremov, the guys successfully cope with this task. For example, in May this year, a satellite created by young engineers climbed into the stratosphere and then landed safely at the point of conception.
Photo: Government of Samara Region
Training programs that use artificial intelligence innovations and capabilities are run by SPUTNIX, one of the residents of Skolkovo.
Meeting participants drew attention to the importance of research and development compliance with the needs of businesses and public companies. This is possible thanks to a multidisciplinary approach to education and bringing together teachers, scientists and students from all over the country.
Towards new perspectives
Of particular importance is the implementation of private space initiatives under modern conditions. And here the Samara region has a chance to become the center of the commercial space. This is the conclusion reached by the roundtable participants. This will notably be facilitated by the Private Astronautics Business Center, which is planned to be established on the basis of Engineering of the Future. A number of companies have already expressed interest in this topic.
“ Holding a three committee meeting at MAKS-2021 drew attention to the activities of REC & # 39; & # 39; Engineering of the Future & # 39; & # 39; at the federal level. We have already agreed on cooperation with potential partners. We have come with a trade mission and we are using every opportunity to attract investment, show the potential and scientific and educational capabilities of REC.
First of all, it creates conditions for innovative companies that are engaged in space development. For us, aerospace is an industrial specialization of the region. I really hope that today's discussion will allow us to jointly determine the set of skills and accompanying measures required by the state and regional authorities to that the idea of establishing a private cosmonautic business center be implemented in the Samara region & # 39; & # 39 ;, & mdash; said the governor of Samara region Dmitry Azarov.