MOSCOW. (Yury Zaitsev for RIA Novosti)
project to be a real godsend which would help eliminate gaps in ultraviolet astronomical observation [that appeared in the 1990s].International project managers deserve special mention. This project will doubtless involve Germany, which is developing high-resolution spectrographs for the Spektr-UF observatory together with Russia. In addition, Spain and the Republic of South Africa are ready to contribute their antennas, transmitters and other ground infrastructure elements. The People's Republic of China, which has offered to launch the observatory, would like to receive a certain amount of observation time in return. This sounds like a good proposal because launch costs account for 20% of the project's total price estimate.
Experts at the European Space Agency recognize the value of this project, while U.S. scientists, who have also assessed it positively, have openly said that they cannot take part in the project because it vies with national research
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