Russian cosmonaut, who trained all his life, was kicked out from the Russian space program in favor of the actors of the space film
Alexander Khokhlov noted that cosmonaut Andrei Babkin suffered the most in the history of filming on the ISS. It was he who was supposed to go into orbit in October. According to Khokhlov, Babkin had been waiting for the opportunity to fly for a very long time and carefully prepared. Unfortunately, in the spring, the astronaut was taken aback by the unpleasant news - he was removed from flights because of the crew of the film "Takeoff". Nobody spoke in defense of Babkin.
"And since Babkin is already over 50 years old, another flight does not shine for him. It turns out that a man who has been preparing all his life did not fly because they flew to shoot a film," the expert complained.
The star of the "Gloom River" TV series and director Klim Shipenko will go into orbit in October 2021. In space, a cinematographer and an artist will be filming a picture with the tentative title "Takeoff". The film is a joint brainchild of Channel One and Roscosmos.
According to Alexander Khokhlov, the chief educator on orbital flights, space instrumentation designer, many experts criticize the film project. Russian cosmonauts are also dissatisfied with the idea.
The problem, as noted by Khokhlov, is not in the film itself, but in how the flight of the actress Peresild and director Shepenko was organized. The filmmakers did not look for money and organize an additional shuttle. They took the ship from the federal program, already paid for by the government. Initially, professional cosmonauts were supposed to fly on the shuttle "occupied" by filmmakers. Due to the expedition, the artist and director had to reshape the entire flight schedule.
Yulia Peresild and Klim Shepenko, who left unscheduled, will also have to be returned unscheduled. Because of the filming of the film, domestic and American astronauts will stay in orbit for an extra six months - filmmakers will take places in the spacecraft that was supposed to send the astronauts to Earth