well you know it's that will be potentially sold off so i don't exclude privatizations in the future and i think overall trend should not be. materially changed from after this deal it really. has staying with the energy sector russia's gas monopoly gazprom one choose they has launched one of its biggest projects both on and field has proven gas reserves of five trillion cubic meters gazprom plans to annually extract around one hundred forty million cubic meters of gas from the field that's equal to its entire volume exploited to europe last year and it's now time to check out the equity markets and we're going to take a look at wall street first that's having a pretty rough day as you can see there mainly on earnings concerns dewpoint reported a ninety eight percent drop in profits here in russia the markets ended the day with heavy losses as you can see there are the r.t.s. shed to have three quarters of a percent and one of the biggest losers of the day was. its shareholders learned

that they won't be getting any dividends once their company is merged with rosneft the ruble closed lower to the currency basket let's now see those numbers and to the euro this hours trading weaker to the u.s. dollar over in europe equities talk to touch the one with a low on tuesday pretty much same old problems in the euro zone. and up next on our leading american space opera new or talks about the future of space tourism. space tourism one of the more fun civil ideas of our time or a solid business proposition in orbit around earth for the future well joining me is someone who should know a lot about that question it's eric anderson

a space entrepreneur to say back here on earth so mr johnson thank you for joining us it's a pleasure ok we'll start off your company was founded taking people up to space since the two thousands i remember when i heard recently about the idea of a space hotel i made a bet with one of my colleagues that there would be no such thing in my lifetime now aside from the fact that i would never live to see the money if i did when that was the confidence i had that there would be no such thing was i foolish to make that to but unfortunately i think you probably war i have absolutely no doubt in my mind that there will be a space hotel within the next ten years in orbit around the earth why. because there's an incredibly good business plan behind it because millions of people want to go to space and because the technology to provide such a hotel is getting closer and closer every day in terms of its cost effectiveness

so there is in theory an impetus there but at the moment the principle impetus is this just the fact of let's go and see what is out there let's be a tourist in space is that really enough of an incentive all the market studies that have ever been done will show you that forty percent of the general public wants to go to space in their lifetime it just has to reach a point where they can afford it and it's safe enough for them to feel like they're not risking their life excessively to do it but i do think the tourism market is a catalyst it's not by any stretch the only reason we would go to space we'll go to space for resources will mine the asteroids will get precious metals like platinum group metals from the asteroids people will. live in space will do pharmaceutical research will develop new drugs space will become part of our economic sphere of influence but tourism is a fantastic catalyst for that the i assess at the moment being the only platform capable of holding people in orbit is

a working scientific platform are you planning perhaps to try and make space tourists useful that first of all space tourism honestly is not a great word for what these people do when they participate as private citizens going to the space station every single one of them who's flown with space adventures to the space station has had an in-depth scientific program they are participating and the fact of the matter is quite honestly when private citizens go to the space station a lot more people hear about the space station than otherwise it's just one of those things that they captures the public's attention part of nasa is mission is to encourage to the maximum extent possible the commercial use of space and in fact showing that there is a market showing that there are people willing to do this and showing that you don't have to be a career military fighter pilot the right stuff kind of person that plays a huge role and i think that's exactly the sort of thing that ends up helping the space agencies of the world as well ok we'll get to the to the other economic areas

the best of mining in in little while but the moment we have just seen the dragon spacecraft go up to take supplies to the isis that was a significant moment. however it was it was a small part of what is otherwise a vast state and surprise and without state capital it seems that at the moment no private and device could could exist you can point to companies like space x. space x. has a contract for services to deliver cargo to the space station but the capital that it was started with has come from its founder l. and mask and so this is an inflection point this was not always the case you were out. correct the for the first thirty years of space it's all been controlled by the government but we're reaching a point now in fact i think the flipping point was in the mid ninety's when private commercial expenditures in space finally exceeded government and that was of course

driven by the satellite telecommunications market and things like that no one would argue that those are successful businesses but we're reaching a point where commercial enterprise is creating its own space program and it will stand on its own it has been well noted that in the past year and a half have been a number of worrying mistakes with russian space programs a supply rocket up devices fell back to worth a mission to one of the martian moons never got out of orbit and it's course some high profile resignations and will likely lead to a lot of restructuring in the russian space agency serious concerns is this technology that's going to take people up good enough the fact of the matter is the despite recent hiccups that may have occurred on different types of launch vehicles the soyuz spacecraft and rocket have the best safety record the best history of being a proven technology for reliably taking people to and from space in human history

so there is no other vehicle that comes close nasa uses this vehicle itself to get to space so while there is always room for improvement and while i'm sure and highly confident that the russian space industry is is going to great lengths to to to make sure those things don't happen again spaceflight is inherently and activity that is risky and so the risk is managed but it's never going to be perfect at the end of the day i think there's not many people in the world who would want to go to space who wouldn't feel comfortable flying on the soyuz the key technological breakthrough that we need is rapid and cost effective reusability. like flying in an airplane when you land at moscow airport or you landed new york airport they can turn the plane around in a couple of hours and leave actually less than that this is the problem you what you're saying to me immediately i think of the shuttle there is no shuttle you can't reuse soyuz we're going the wrong way. so the shuttle was

a vehicle that was incredibly high performing it was an amazing feat of human engineering but it really wasn't reusable i like to call it rebuild a bowl certainly parts of it were rebuilding all certainly some of it was reusable but there was an incredible number of man hours that had to go into certifying that vehicle for re flight every time it ended up being far more expensive and far less reliable in terms of its reusability that's why i use the word rapidly reusable so the shuttle was not a great example of that however many of the vehicles that are being built now including for example the falcon in the dragon by space x. are designed and the c s t one hundred by boeing to be reusable ten times one hundred times a thousand times and those kinds of advances will be the ones and it's going to take time that will yield those price decreases that will eventually enable millions of people to go to space every year or i'm sure that's an issue that will will take shape in time we'll see how that one pans out the tourism isn't the only

idea that you've got on the on the books as it were you also mentioned earlier mining asteroids and this seems like a lot more sort of hard nosed commercial idea just trying to paint a little picture for us a lot of people can't really envision envisage this perhaps from pictures from animations that seem perhaps that there are asteroid belts but i don't think there are any asteroids that close to earth because that's the kind of thing that people get scared about of from destroying earth so what kind of distances are we talking about how is this actually with this actually look a fully running asteroid mining operate. wonderful question so in the solar system we have literally hundreds of millions of asteroids the vast majority of those asteroids lie in the asteroid belt the asteroid belt is between mars and jupiter one hundred million miles away or more however there is a small but not insignificant population of what's called near earth asteroids

anywhere between ten and twenty percent of the material on them are what we call volatiles what that means is most of it's water water ice and water is great because when you break down water into its constituent parts you get hydrogen and oxygen not coincidentally the same fuel the space shuttle used to go to and to and from orbit and so we first want to use the asteroids to build propellant depots in space that is gas stations we want to be able to reduce the cost of space exploration by allowing spacecraft and space ships to fuel up no matter where they go and start to seem like a skeptic but i think i'm not alone in the image of of us sending out teams to try and move asteroids to try and land on them really starting to see much the realms of science fiction i mean they managed to recently land lander on mars but that's really the very limits at the moment of our abilities is this really

a serious proposition how on earth would you go about doing something so let me be the first to admit there is a long list of technical challenges and it's going to be very hard this is something that we don't know all the answers yet but we do know is that there is no laws of physics that prevented that these are pieces of rock out there that for example something the size of the international space station could be worth two hundred billion dollars and so where there's a pot of gold at the end of that rainbow there will be a way people thirty years ago thought drilling a hole down into the bottom of the ocean and pulling fossil fuels under the north sea was in. possible and now that's what we do as a matter of daily practice well we will have to see whether that does indeed transpire big promises behind but certainly big ambitions and perhaps big achievements as well whether there will be a future for space tourism and indeed space mining is down to people like our

accounts and mr anderson thank you very much for joining us thank you it's been a real pleasure. in the glow of russia's north from away from civilization and you three are one helicopter treat from the nearest village. they still don't family have been living here for a long time in tents made of reindeer skins. lodging

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a chance to come across each other they belong to different worlds even though there is sometimes a similar. nuclear family up on the side. the radioactive fallout of a government a trial the government of law everything lawyered lawyer and lawyer how can the truth be revealed if there's no official evidence. it was a very bright day to the service make

a search who will give protection to the people of this country generally because of the radioactive fallout. the secrets of the. breaking news in this headline update from r t the u.s. has blocked a statement on libya at the u.n. security council proposed. resolving the situation. which would be under siege by pro-government forces for two weeks an envoy says america's decision is strange considering the recent. fifteen minutes in full of the headlines. while painting wrongly is. ready to be america's chief out right victory elusive in the final presidential t.v. showed. the kind of his views almost identical to points. for spanish

regions of pounded by ratings giant moody's while thousands are set to come out in protest as the parliament debates more cuts for the next year's budget. twenty forty six the union said now with the sport. of european football's begun right here in moscow a busy one eight games tonight kelly the first spark an auction there are in forty five minutes in more not. seeking points. striving to. start behind them they are taking on benfica in the first of the games. and then there were two san francisco. into a world series showdown with detroit's. going to time the cardinals.

and bruce discovered martin bikers get their kicks in russia. let's go in with football where it's essentially a case of never for spartak moscow in this season's champions league the red and why it's currently taking on ben fake at home in their third group game having lost the opening two with the first off just to go it's looking good for sports like there are two one up at the luzhniki stadium rafael correa netting for the hosts just three minutes for the best possible start equal i think against the run of play it must be said thirty three minutes in just a few moments scored again for two one of the hosts went into the game minus the injured aiden mcgeady and with a third choice goalkeeper one one one thing to want to have things currently. while the leaders in sparta barcelona will be seeking to maintain their spot at the

top as they welcome second place celtic to the new camp the hoops themselves going for a big upset knowing that catalan giants will be missing some key personnel for the clash defenders carles puyol. didn't play in last weekend's win over deeper table and will sit out the european tie as well scholar's champions celtic no diety having to exploit a hastily put together barcelona defense which has already conceded a goal so far this season celtic have already beaten spartak in moscow and drew it home so villanova is well aware of their upcoming opponents cannot be underestimated. what it would be there for a crucial game no team is the sure of qualification at this point in time celtic were able to draw with ben feet and defeat sparked talk which tells me there's a serious threat i'm concerned with their counter-attack inability to reason the most important. plenty of action elsewhere throughout the continent in

group eventis are in denmark for an f.c. nordland test while shakhtar donetsk entertain chelsea clash with an art of sorts by an munich side looks set to be the pick of group times rumanians kluge will be aiming to keep pointless in group h. while manchester united will start as big favorites at home to progress. now it's no secret that sport for the most part boosts a country's economy especially football and english premier league bosses this week will certainly agree with that sentiment according to research that came much earlier on choose the almost one million tourists attended in that season spending more than a billion dollars the info comes from the british office for national statistics the most popular teams the visit where manchester united never pool in the north west london clubs arsenal chelsea and tottenham were next on the list of the bulk of the football watching visitors came from ireland both north and south norway us spain. now with the winter olympic games less than five hundred days away

trimming venues are being put to maximum use michel. one such area which is going from strength strength to. there's no doubt that one of the main reasons for russia winning the right to host the twenty fourteen winter olympics is due to the success of the many winter sports athletes it's produced and with the games less than sixteen months away many are getting ready now but this by the increased urgency to better prepare it's often been the case of having the right set up in the sixteen thirty five tracks and other infrastructure have been serving professionals and become opals since two thousand and three the center was initially designed to hold international events at any level there are no other centers in russia that have as many certified tracks as german six times we've held a stage of the ski world cup here and have already secured it for the season after the olympics the roller ski tour is just one of the many events that the complex host with summer also including triathlon and marathon competitions but it's

impressive pre winter season where the center excels as it can produce its own snow even in plus temperatures. i've been roller and cross-country skiing for a while and i can say this complex is one of the best in russia it has interesting courses and is kept at a high international level what's best is that it's part of better developing roller ski and cross-country skiing in russia something that's been sorely needed. so the infrastructure may be slowly popping up on the russian landscape however there's still a lot that the cross-country and roller ski federation's wish could be sped up and improved upon. i of course want to see more ski complexes and courses for rollerskating built around russia because it's the main creative for further developing these sports where trying to how cultivate these sports in various regions of the country but there's still plenty of work to be done. but for now it's places like germany that will have to lead the way for future generations

revealing a small complex maybe a one stop shop for national roller skiers marathon runners and winter sports in general but it's also a great place just to come and relax and with cottages that have their own personal foreigner. you could be forgiven if you didn't make the finish line like of genco. level reason i can promise he didn't take any more clothes off after the cameras stop rolling he don't need to worry let's talk more sport our former one is back on american tar after a five year absence the brand new circuit in texas will host the united states grand prix in november the race is expected to attract as many as one hundred twenty thousand look as f one driver drove. over the weekend to take the first official lot of the five point five kilometer boston drive to more events already scheduled out the track for next year moto g.p. in april an official affiliate supercar zomi on. baseball time where some francisco

will slug it out with detroit for the twenty twelve world series title after the giants completed a improbable comeback against last year's winner st louis on monday the giants fund themselves three in their national league finals bottle with the cardinals before winning two straight the force of the cider in the best of seven series the local crowd in some francisco watching their team seize the opportunity to giants put an exclamation mark on the back with a thumping of the founding champions mot pain of being a second inning r.b.i. single to pack about pitching performance. listening so you may be. using the big. opportunity to move to be in the playoffs or play a walthers. going to be the world series and these little give. actually supposed to. finally last weekend extreme mountain bikers brave the elements on the

outskirts of moscow for the partisan twenty twelve event which had its share of ops plenty of don's. reports. for lovers of extreme mountain biking this is the other place to be and for those of you that think that these guys are crazy you're probably right with the many things to do in moscow on a saturday night over sixty adrenaline junkies chose to tackle the beast challenging slope on the outskirts of the city with the aim of getting from the talk to the ball so as quickly as they could move that was the plan non your past now and then it's not dangerous it's interesting this is a technical kind of sport by jim flies being able to control yourself and to handle your bike so this is not just about knowing how to ride a bike but about emotions you need to have yourself well in hand.

than. i. was a handful of riders he managed to keep themselves and live but under control getting to the top of the trick even if they picked up a few bumps and bruises on the way surprising me there was no serious injuries to report with some valiant souls it's him to conquer the slope until well after midnight. chills. most courageous. i thought

he wouldn't catch myself or kevin knowing doing that in fact he's here in a few moments time with all the nice. it will come to the. criticism we are cowards this month the moon is the center of our universe the tides are forever while the sun's rays can be fickle innovative construction methods last cost as well as environmental damage new turbines boost efficiency with a simplified design and hundreds of batteries lakes can store energy discover

a new era of clean power driven by the moon technology update here on r.g.p. we are going to the future of. wealthy british style. market. can't. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds

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