Izvestia quoted from a letter by Culture Minister Mikhail Shvydkoi to space program head Yuri Koptev supporting plans to put a member of the group into space.

• 报章还引述俄罗斯文化部长史维德科伊写给科普泰夫的信说：“为了引起俄罗斯年轻人对航天事业的向往，有必要将其大众化。”