> genuinely feels like some of the criticism from the peanut gallery is unfair I agree with this for sure. Yeah, what SpaceX and, to a lesser extent, Boeing, a

> genuinely feels like some of the criticism from the peanut gallery is unfair I agree with this for sure. Yeah, what SpaceX and, to a lesser extent, Boeing, are doing is cool, but there's something to be said for being the "old faithful" of the launch industry. No one else can really hold a candle to the flight heritage of Roscosmos' rockets and crew vehicles. Sure, they haven't fundamentally changed in a long time and aren't new and shiny like Falcon, but they've been flying for forever and are reliable.