Roscosmos Head Plans To Visit US In 2nd Half Of February, Wants To Meet With Elon Musk

Russia's Roscosmos state space corporation chief Dmitry Rogozin said on Monday that he would likely visit the United States in the second half of February and noted that he might meet with Elon Musk, SpaceX co-owner and CEO, as part of the visit.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th November, 2018) Russia's Roscosmos state space corporation chief Dmitry Rogozin said on Monday that he would likely visit the United States in the second half of February and noted that he might meet with Elon Musk, SpaceX co-owner and CEO, as part of the visit.

"It is likely to be in the second half of February.

Our senior officials will travel [to the United States] as well. We will have a very interesting trip. We should definitely hold a meeting with Boeing. We are interested in [learning about] the manufacturing process," Rogozin said at a press conference at the Rossiya Segodnya information agency.

"I think, yes, why not. I would meet [Musk] with great pleasure. He interests me as a great opportunist and a good engineer," Rogozin said when asked if he would meet Musk.