According to the general director of Roskosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, the most important tasks of world cosmonautics should be the identification of cosmic threats and the search for extraterrestrial living organisms. He stated this at the International Conference on Space Research GLEX-2021, RIA Novosti reports.
The head of the department believes that the planetary protection is currently much of great importance, and programs for monitoring of outer space, which will help to avoid collisions of apparatus with hazardous cosmic bodies. However, an important task is also the development of funds that will allow to protect the Earth from the fall of asteroids and comets that can lead to huge destructions and even the death of civilization and all living things.
Now humanity has no technologies that would help prevent planet clashes with large cosmic bodies. Rogozin believes that such means of protection need to be created by joint efforts, since no country will draw such a development alone.
The second main task of the development of space The head of Roscosmos called the search for the answer to the question, is Lonely humanity in the universe and is there any life except earthly.