One must understand that planetary exploration is of interest not only to deepen our knowledge of the solar system. On the basis of comparative planetology such exploration creates necessary framework for addressing the problems of Earth’s geology.

Methane is an insidious, but useful companion of coals. Its reserves are comparable to the gas reserves of traditional fields of the world.

Russian business is not ready for modernization. The owner wants to get maximum profit. He is not ready to introduce any improvements (as this is enormous amount of money).

Having such quantity of the population and such area, we can live only as an empire. This does not mean that Russia needs a monarchy — we can have any power, the most democratic, but the strategy should have an imperial character.

Our economy today is not in a position to renounce hydrocarbon exports — either from political or economic reasons. And it would have been unjustified.

The subjectlessness has affected in varying degree all the major players of the modernization process (state, public and political communities, social institutions).

The majority of the advanced economy of the world passes in the fifth technological way while Russian economy still stays in the fourth. Again “to catch up and overtake” it will not turn out.

Practice both of the Soviet and post-Soviet periods show that the policy based primarily on the implantation of new technological solutions and manufactures in the existing management practices can not become the guarantee of success. Perhaps the most obvious example is AvtoVAZ.

The profession of the scientist in Russia more isn’t claimed. We have lost the whole generation of scientists in sphere of natural sciences and mathematics in 1990th years.

The innovation process is a long, very long way. Very important is the ability to think ten years ahead and to be flexible enough to adapt, to tune finely and change strategies.