法国在同俄罗斯的载人航天合作中正在发挥更加积极主动的作用,拟在硬件和仪器设备上向俄方提供技术援助。人们认为,法国这样日益深入地卷入俄航天计划,乃是实现她长期以来载人航天夙愿的重大步骤。虽然欧洲(ESA)有自己的载人航天计划,但在经费上屡屡受挫,而且即使实现也是本世纪末的事情。苏联的解体,严重的经济困难,使航天事业濒临瘫痪,这恰好给法国带来了千载难逢的机遇。7月,法国空间研究中 France is playing a more proactive role in the cooperation with Russia in manned space exploration and plans to provide technical assistance to Russia on hardware and equipment. It is believed that such an increasingly intimate involvement of France in the Russian space program is a major step forward in realizing her long-cherished wish for manned spaceflight. Although Europe (ESA) has its own manned space program, it has repeatedly suffered setbacks in funding and, if it is realized, will be the end of the century. The disintegration of the Soviet Union and the severe economic hardship that paralyzed the cause of space flight brought precisely the golden opportunity to France. July, French space research