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 by AFP Staff Writers Moscow (AFP) Feb 15, 2021
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was interested in tech billionaire Elon Musk's proposal that the two men chat on the audio chat app Clubhouse. Musk, one of the world's richest people, on Sunday tagged the Kremlin's account on Twitter along with the invitation. In a separate tweet in Russian, he added: "It would be a great honour to speak with you." Speaking to reporters Monday, Peskov said the Kremlin first needed to understand the specifics of the 49-year-old SpaceX and Tesla CEO's proposal. "This is, of course, a very interesting proposal, but we need to somehow understand what is meant, what is proposed," Putin's spokesman said. "So first we will somehow check all this, and then we will react." He also noted, referring to Musk's suggestion that the men chat on Clubhouse that "President Putin does not directly use social networks". Clubhouse, the audio chat app popular among tech billionaires, allows users to start or listen to conversations in digital "rooms" of up to 5,000 people. Musk's proposal comes after SpaceX in November sent four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), ending Russia's monopoly as the only country able to ferry astronauts. After the shutdown of American shuttles in 2011, the Russian Soyuz rocket had become the only spacecraft capable of bringing astronauts to the ISS. With the advent of SpaceX's Dragon capsule, Russia faces a sizeable dent in income. A seat in the Soyuz costs NASA around $80 million. Musk, who has said he wants to colonise Mars, has also invested billions into artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency. mp-emg/jbr/jj
NASA assigns astronauts to next SpaceX Crew-4 mission to ISS Houston TX (SPX) Feb 15, 2021 NASA has assigned two crew members to launch on the agency's SpaceX Crew-4 mission - the fourth crew rotation flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Bob Hines will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, for the Crew-4 mission. Additional crew members will be assigned as mission specialists in the future by the agency's international partners. The mission is expected to launch in 2022 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Laun ... read more
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