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The 12-year-old St. Petersburg girl Alyssa dream when Air Force pilots, and even the Internet to inquire about how to join the aerobatic team. Did not have the heart to tell her: Russian Air Force did not recruit female soldiers.

How much you can let her relieved one of the top-flight universities in Russia Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, the last three years did not move the boys, because large-scale reorganization of the hospital paralyzed.

Ready opportunity rare one cares about: the end of the last month of Russian history, the first time the astronauts open recruitment, attracted only about 300 people have signed up, NASA last recruitment to attract more than 6,000 applications.

For nearly 20 years, the Russian military pilots and astronauts two elite occupations situation poorly, the situation had deteriorated, the most pressing problem is the lack of funds. In recent years although the the Putin government increased funding, but with money and can not guarantee the clarity of management professional or strategy, both of which are lacking in what the Russian military aviation and aerospace industry.

As long as these problems continue to exist, the public support for the Air Force and aerospace heat is not up Valery Chkalov (Russian version of Charles Lindbergh) or Yuri Gagarin (an astronaut) Gold times it is difficult to reproduce.

Evgeni method best Ivanov Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy graduates, after leaving school in 2002, he diverted in the financial industry, the Department of Defense because the pay is too low: Air Force starting salary of 5,000 rubles (U.S. $ 160 in 2002 ). According to a number of pilot reports, the average wage of the pilot up to 56 million rubles (1600-1900 U.S. dollars).

Former astronaut novice treatment also poor, and in recent years have improved. According to the person in charge of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Sergei Krikalev, Russia's top astronaut monthly salary of 70,000 rubles...