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Besides what others said, it gets extra spice from the fact Russia failed to do the same just days ago.
by The_Colonel 3y ago
Besides what others said, it gets extra spice from the fact Russia failed to do the same just days ago.
- prennert 3y agoAnd the BRICS summit is going on right now... What a powerful display of softpower.
- sph 3y agoModi will be soft landing in his chair with a smile at the BRICS summit.
- numpad0 3y agoSpeaking of that, was that another failure of a modified Fregat or am I just too dumb to speak on this topic?
- Trias11 3y agoAgree. The quicker russians will get rid of putin infestation the sooner this disgrace will end.
- rdevsrex 3y agoLots of people could say the same about Biden or _____ leader.
- hh3k0 3y ago[flagged]
- dotnet00 3y agoThus the joke that Russia's history can be summarized as "and then it got worse".
- dang 3y agoNationalistic flamewar will get you banned here, regardless of which country you have a problem with. No more of this please. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- hh3k0 3y ago[flagged]
- goku12 3y agoRussian space program is a shadow of what it once was. Their history is full of daring missions and extraordinary achievements. I wish they would engage in a space race than in a war.
- cpursley 3y agoAmerican space program is a shadow of what it once was. Their history is full of daring missions and extraordinary achievements. I wish they would engage in a space race rather than constant illegal, brutal, destructive and absolutely unnecessary war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States#21st-century_wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_Uni...
- dotnet00 3y agoIt isn't really the gotcha you think it is when you see Falcon 9s flying and landing multiple times a week, the most advanced conventional rocket engines ever being mass produced, two scifi-esque lunar landers under serious development and all the other things. The American space program is far and away the world leader by a huge margin, while almost 2 decades ago things were dicey, the current Ameircan space program is definitely befitting of its glory during the mid/late 19th century.
- cpursley 3y agoI agree with everything you wrote. But you missed my point - America has an incredible space program despite their wars. If wars were the cause of space program degradation, Russia would actually be ahead.
- dotnet00 3y agoAh, yeah not much arguing with that.
- goku12 3y agoI'm not a supporter of war mongering by any country. And what I hoped for Russia is what I hope of the entire world. But the assumption that the impact of their war efforts on their economy are similar is completely wrong. Russian economy is in shambles due to it while America goes on as usual.