"So far there are no problems in creating holdings," he said. "The industry will be restructured. We have held a special session of the scientific and technical council on the issue. We are meeting the deadlines set by the Russian government."
According to Perminov, after concerns or holdings become more independent, their governance will improve. "The need will make them optimize their activities. When they start counting every ruble and thinking how to invest it correctly, they will stop wasting money," he believes.
Perminov is also positive about space tourism and private sub-orbital flights, he said during the briefing.
"I am very positive about sub-orbital flights. It is good that private financing abroad helps promoting new interesting projects," he said. He believes that Russia has a good prospect for such projects. "I think it is possible in Russia as well. We have many wealthy people, prosperous businessmen and they should be directed where to invest money. To develop private space flights it is necessary to attract large funds," Perminov pointed out.
"I support space tourism. As new spaceships are created, the requirements for potential tourists will be eased," he added.
$20 million for a space flight is quite a lot of money. "So it is not true to say that there are many volunteers. Sometimes there are people who want to celebrate their wedding in the space or have some other interesting ideas. But when it comes to concrete action, that is, payment, they all disappear," he said.
Perminov expressed his sympathy for Gregory Olsen, who had failed to become No.3 space tourist. "Unfortunately, the recent candidate for space tourism, Gregory Olsen, failed topass a medical examination that determines whether a candidate is ready for pre-flight training. I am very sorry for him, he wanted to work in the orbit very much and was getting ready to conduct some experiments there. But to become an astronaut you need good health. For Russia this also means that it will not earn additional money by space tourism this fall," Perminov concluded.
