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So you are basing your judgement on a decades old engine? They tried everything Musk did in the past and failed. Mostly because they don't have the money to fu
by NicoJuicy 6y ago
So you are basing your judgement on a decades old engine?
They tried everything Musk did in the past and failed. Mostly because they don't have the money to fund it anymore.
Also, they severely upped the price of engines in the last 10 years ( > 350% ), so it was bound to happen sooner or later.
- nix23 6y ago>They tried everything Musk did in the past and failed. I dont think Russians wanted to make Electric cars, reusable rockets or a Vacuum-tube. And then it's that: https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/06/26/134490/spacex-blue-origin-russian-rd180-rocket-engine-design/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/06/26/134490/spacex-bl...
- NicoJuicy 6y agoIn correlation with SpaceX :)
- mcv 6y agoA decades old engine that was better and more reliable than many rockets that came later. Most notably the Space Shuttle. What Musk is doing is absolutely great, but that doesn't change the fact that for the long time, the US depended on Soyuz.
- snowwrestler 6y agoRussia's space program has been undoubtedly hobbled by their national economic problems. That's been true going back to the USSR days. But, I don't think it's fair to place the blame for that within the space program itself.