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HISTORY
Knowledge of the past makes it possible to act in present in more rationally. Studying history of cosmonautics is not only of purely scientific, but also of great practical value. Today historical investigations in this direction are especially important, for due to tough secrecy of recent times, interdisciplinary discussions on many space problems virtually have to be begun anew.

program's coordinator S.Golotyuk

The aim of the program: to study the history of cosmonautics and related branches of science and technology

Main program's directions:

ascertaining principles and tendencies of cosmonautics' historical evolution working out mechanisms for coordination of studies in the history of cosmonautics assisting application of the Law of Russian Federation on State's Secret to declassifying documents concerning history of cosmonautics

The program includes the following projects:

 
"Exchange" - permanent teleconferencies on the history of cosmonautics.
"Decree" - assistance to publication of declassified governmental resolutions concerning cosmonautics.
"Bank-CH" - forming the data base on the history of cosmonautics.
"Secret" - working out alternative approaches to defining the data subject to classification in field of cosmonautics.