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USSR could do that Russia not so much.
by qaq 8y ago
USSR could do that Russia not so much.
- garmaine 8y agoThey’re doing it every six months...
- qaq 8y agoThey can send a human in space they can not keep human in space for a year without use of ISS. Russia does not have resources or human capital to build a new space station.
- simonh 8y agoThey built and still own big chunks of the ISS and the ISS has only been habitable and functional thanks to them for many years. It's not like they don't have space station technology. If they really wanted to put something up separately, they'd just do it, no problem. It's just a matter of resource allocation, not absolute capacity.
- qaq 8y agoIt's a matter of human capital USSR specialists are either dead, retired or about to retire there are no replacements for them plus total and absolute corruption is significantly affecting ability to produce anything.
- jessaustin 8y agoThis is the sort of claim for which I'd like to see some support.
- qaq 8y agoLook at the photo of Roskosmos senior people :) On a serious note you can just look at all the launch issues Roskosmos is having. They have prosecuted people for stealing gold parts from rocket engines among other things.
- madeuptempacct 8y agoWhat is there to support? Russia is very much a mafia state at this point. Any leads in tech that Russia had are lost by Putin refusing to invest in technology and small business. By Putin putting incompetent people in leadership positions of corporations that run the space program and fighter production (note how PAK FA is dead). Sure, Russia's military is decent, and great giving the budgetary constraints, but there is no future without economy and tech. I am definitely not anti-Russian, but it's in a depressing state.
- ForHackernews 8y agoI think they are in fact planning to continue with their own station after the non-Russian components of the ISS are deorbited: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_Piloted_Assembly_and_Experiment_Complex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_Piloted_Assembly_and_E...
- qaq 8y agoThey also plan to build a moon base and many other amazing things it's delivery that is the issue.
- danielvf 8y agoISS is basically several space stations and modules docked together in space. One set of modules is Russian, and entirely capable of undocking and operating as independent, small space station.