TOMSK, Feb 15 – RIA Tomsk.Tomsk State University (TSU) will train engineers of a new type for the Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TsNIIMash), which will be able to generate space trends, is said on the website of the university.
According to the resource, TsNIIMash - is the head institute of Roskosmos. It has the largest experimental base of rocket and space equipment. One of the leading units of the Institute – Mission Control Center (MCC) – provides command and software for the flight of the Russian segment of the International Space Station, as well as the Soyuz and Progress spacecrafts.
"There are a lot of applied problems in space that need to be solved. There are a lot of them, since 10 years ago we did not have scientific and technical bases laid. <...> It is important, when solving today's problems, to think about tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, in particular, to fulfill the system of generation of new ideas and their support. Tomsk can become a pilot site for this", – the director of Central Research Institute of Machine Building Victor Hartov is quoted in the message.
In turn, the rector of TSU Eduard Galazhinsky added that for these purposes the university is ready to train engineers of a new type – ambitious and capable of generating new ideas. The press service informs that Galazhinsky and Hartov have agreed on training engineers who will solve specific problems of the Central Research Institute of Machine Building and create space trends.It is noted that TSU scientists already work with TsNIIMash. They have developed a facility by means of which TsNIIMash conducts experiments aimed at developing of effective means of protecting satellites and ISS from meteoroid and space debris attacks.