俄罗斯考虑建造自己的空间站

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian state space agency Roscosmos is considering building its own space station, RIA news agency quoted its chief as saying on Monday, underlining how International tensions are affecting space cooperation.

莫斯科（路透社）——俄罗斯联邦航天局正考虑建造自己的空间站，俄罗斯通讯社援引该局局长的话说，这表明国际紧张局势正在影响空间合作。

Such a project would rival the International Space Station (ISS), an orbiting laboratory that involves 15 nations including Russia and the United ow has cast doubt on the ISS's long-termfuture as ties with Washington plummet over Ukraine.

这样的一个新项目将与国际空间站进行竞争。由于美俄关系因为乌克兰问题而恶化，所以俄罗斯对国际空间站的长远未来已经产生怀疑。

"I confirm we are considering such an option. This is a possible direction of development," RIA quoted Roscosmoshead Oleg Ostapenko as saying when asked about whether Russia has plans to develop it own space station.

“我确定我们正在考虑自己建立一个空间站。这是一个可能的选择，”俄罗斯联邦航天局局长说。

He said such a space station could become akey part of Russian missions to the Moon.

他说这样的空间站可成为俄罗斯登月计划中关键的一部分内容。

It is not clear how such a project would be financed as Russia is widelyexpected to enter recession next year and the economic crisis is aggravated by Western sanctions over Russia's policy in the Ukraine crisis.

由于俄罗斯明年极有可能步入衰退，所以不知道将从哪里获得资金来支持这样的项目。而且由于被西方制裁，俄罗斯的经济危机进一步的恶化了。