MOSCOW, February 19. /TASS/: Talks of colonization of Mars today is futurism, says Ivan Moskatinyev, Deputy Chief Designer of the Lavochkin Research and Production Association.
"This is futurism, of course. One can hardly talk about it seriously today," Moskatinyev said in an interview for the Russian TV, commenting on Mars colonization options.
According to the designer, interplanetary flights will become easier after the colonization of the Moon.
"If we learn how to build bases there, if there is indeed water, which will help us build cosmodromes and launch sites, then it will be easier to fly from the Moon," he noted.
He explained that the Moon has a much weaker gravitational pit to climb out from.
