On July 14, 2005 the Russian government approved the national space program for 2006 to 2015 with a budget of (about ). The whole budget for the 10-year period was to have been (about ). The budget included the needed funding for the Kliper program. Thus in face of Europe's denial to fund a feasibility study for the Kliper project at the European space summit in December 2005, Russian space officials have announced that Russia would fund Kliper even without any European contribution.