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Astronaut Terry Wayne Werts, NASA’s Endeavor Shuttle flight as a pilot, believes that the colonization of Mars and others planets is possible for humanity exclusively as international project. Forty-seven-year-old American colonel the air force is confident that without significant involvement in this The Russian Federation on such operations does not even make sense speak.
One of the best factors in the work of the International Space stations, according to Werts, are friendly relations between representatives of the USA and the Russian Federation. “American astronauts are very proud cooperation with their Russian colleagues, who always They were distinguished by professionalism and friendly spirit. There are no doubt that our relationship with the Russians aboard the ISS may only be great. I recognize that over the past two decades Russia and America have ceased to get along on Earth, but the situation on International Space Station is the best example what should be the relations between representatives of our countries “, – Terry told reporters at a recent press conference. The American also boasted good knowledge of the Russian language and summarized that the United States and the Russian Federation should to be the biggest friends, because these superpowers are where more in common with each other than with other states.
Recall that Terry Wayne Werts made his shuttle flight Endeavor in February 2010. Last November, he started to the ISS as part of the Soyuz TMA-15M expedition, and returned to Earth in June of this year. Currently aboard the International space station are Russians Mikhail Kornienko, Oleg Kononenko and Sergey Volkov, Japanese Kimia Yui, as well as Americans Chell Lindgren and Scott Kelly. In December they should join Roscosmos employee Yuri Malenchenko, NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra and representative of the European Space Agency Timothy Peak.
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