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Serious: where will Russia get the money? Is this feasible for them? Their GDP, in my opinion, is way too small for financing halve of this mission. It was 2,
by NicoJuicy 6y ago
Serious: where will Russia get the money? Is this feasible for them?
Their GDP, in my opinion, is way too small for financing halve of this mission.
It was 2,66 trillion in 1989 and it was 1,6 trillion in 2018.
At average, 6% of that is reserved for military research.
By reference: Europe is 20 trillion gdp.
- simonebrunozzi 6y agoGood points, but when it comes to space launch and space technology, Russia still has a lot to offer.
- m1k1 6y agoFor comparison, Italy's GDP was 2 trillion in 2019. 20% more than Russia. Obviously Russia is going to be a junior partner. However, they got much more technical expertise than China.
- Bancakes 6y agoRussia is extremely efficient. Look at what sort of military they have with their defense budget vs the USA.
- avmich 6y agoEfficiently running away from Turkey?
- Daho0n 6y agoIn a rare occurrence I agree with the saying "money isn't everything". Even if China paid the whole bill Russia could still "do half". In projects like this knowledge is at least as important and Russia do have a lot, even though it isn't what it once were in space tech and knowledge.
- flohofwoe 6y agoWouldn't the obvious constellation be that China provides the money, and Russia provides the know-how? Russia might desperately need the money to keep the remains of their space program alive, while any interesting technology they still might possess will be transferred to China.
- Jyaif 6y agoThe Chinese landed a rover on the moon, which is as far as the Russians got. And they did so with up-to-date tech. Regarding Space exploration, the Chinese are not going to learn anything from the Russians.
- avmich 6y agoChinese prefer their own way. Not being content with others failed attempts, they now want to create their own modern autocracy story. Russian warnings about stalinism aren't heard in China.
- flohofwoe 6y agoThe Russians didn't stop at the moon though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera They didn't have much luck with their Mars missions unfortunately: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_program Also, the Chinese manned space program was essentially bootstrapped by Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_program
- imtringued 6y agoAdjust for PPP. Russia is poor but not that poor.
- junippor 6y agoUnadjusted: $1.4Tr Adjusted: $4Tr I guess that whether or not it makes sense to adjust, in this case, depends on whether the expense will leave the country or not. If you imagine that Russia's contribution to the project will be providing scientists and technology, maybe it makes sense to adjust.
- systemvoltage 6y agoPPP doesn’t work when you need import goods from 40 other countries to build rockets.
- junippor 6y ago> If you imagine that Russia's contribution to the project will be providing scientists and technology Can't read?