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History spirals. This is an objective process, repeated over and over again. You can regret for the lost time and to mourn about the past greatness, but the fac

History spirals. This is an objective process, repeated over and over again. You can regret for the lost time and to mourn about the past greatness, but the facts remain above this - Russia is rapidly losing its status as a leading space power. For more than twenty years, the country does not produce anything new in principle, continuing to exploit the legacy of the Soviet Union. Only lead the modernization of the old backlog, but otherwise everything is just words on paper and projects. Sure, notable past will allow to stay afloat even a decade or two in the role of a space cab, but only as long as the Chinese missiles are not overstep its proper boundary changes and hurl prices on the conclusion of cargo into orbit. From Space romance gone, leaving her only dry figures of financial statistics. Why spend billions on the space, if it does not bring profit for the foreseeable future? In times of confrontation of political systems, the race between the two superpowers has a beneficial effect on the scientific and technical progress. The possible use of military and ideological gave rise to dozens of various projects. Yes, most of them did not go beyond the drawings and models, but the ones that leaked through the sieve test and commissions received unlimited support. The future of the Soviet reusable orbiters not been predetermined even before birth. Despite the huge financial loss ratio of such starts, they can hold out for long on the world stage, giving the vector for future horizons. And to finish my article I want to play on the title and epigraph. Rise My God! From ashes rise! Awake, my God! Rise from the ashes!

ethbro 11y ago
I assume you are photographer? If yes, would you share how you got inside? What arrangements were needed? I am curious! Also, thank you for these pictures. Despite what happens politically (projects die, or supported to success), it is inspiring to think about how many people worked on this project. All that effort... as it is now. :( It is only fair their work gets viewed and known! PS: I assume English is not your first language. Hopefully my sentences were understandable. Your English is still much better than my (zero) Russian (assuming). :) PPS: Before someone mentions it, yes, I am aware there were charges thrown around of technology copying in the Buran program. Whether or not those have any truth, they obviously weren't handed "shuttle in a box" plans. Imho, it's still nice to appreciate all the work that was put into something that never flew into space.* Edit: I stand corrected. As others mentioned, it launched and performed two orbits without a crew before successfully returning in November of '88. Impressive! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_programme#Orbital_flight_of_Orbiter_K1_in_1988 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_programme#Orbital_flight...
drzaiusapelord 11y ago
Putin just cut the space program by a third. Russia is becoming a bit player in space and has no ability to compete with what NASA, SpaceX, and Boeing are building now. The Soyuz work-mule as a LEO transport is pretty much it for them for the forseeable future and with the ISS retirement, it won't have anywhere to go. http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/27/news/economy/russia-space-crisis-cosmodrome/ http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/27/news/economy/russia-space-cr... Or top of corrupt autocrats stealing $2billion from the space program: http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/25/technology/russia-space-corruption/ http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/25/technology/russia-space-corr... and all his recent rocket failures. They cant get those proton-m and briz's to stop blowing up: http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/pages/images/stories/List%20of%20Russian%20Space%20Launch%20Failures%20Since%20Dec%202010%20as%20of%20May%2016%202015.pdf http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/pages/images/stories/List%2... http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/05/16/proton-crash-deals-another-blow-to-russian-space-sector/ http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/05/16/proton-crash-deals-anot...

ethbro 11y ago

I assume you are photographer? If yes, would you share how you got inside? What arrangements were needed? I am curious! Also, thank you for these pictures. Despite what happens politically (projects die, or supported to success), it is inspiring to think about how many people worked on this project. All that effort... as it is now. :( It is only fair their work gets viewed and known! PS: I assume English is not your first language. Hopefully my sentences were understandable. Your English is still much better than my (zero) Russian (assuming). :) PPS: Before someone mentions it, yes, I am aware there were charges thrown around of technology copying in the Buran program. Whether or not those have any truth, they obviously weren't handed "shuttle in a box" plans. Imho, it's still nice to appreciate all the work that was put into something that never flew into space.* Edit: I stand corrected. As others mentioned, it launched and performed two orbits without a crew before successfully returning in November of '88. Impressive! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_programme#Orbital_flight_of_Orbiter_K1_in_1988 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_programme#Orbital_flight...

drzaiusapelord 11y ago

Putin just cut the space program by a third. Russia is becoming a bit player in space and has no ability to compete with what NASA, SpaceX, and Boeing are building now. The Soyuz work-mule as a LEO transport is pretty much it for them for the forseeable future and with the ISS retirement, it won't have anywhere to go. http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/27/news/economy/russia-space-crisis-cosmodrome/ http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/27/news/economy/russia-space-cr... Or top of corrupt autocrats stealing $2billion from the space program: http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/25/technology/russia-space-corruption/ http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/25/technology/russia-space-corr... and all his recent rocket failures. They cant get those proton-m and briz's to stop blowing up: http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/pages/images/stories/List%20of%20Russian%20Space%20Launch%20Failures%20Since%20Dec%202010%20as%20of%20May%2016%202015.pdf http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/pages/images/stories/List%2... http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/05/16/proton-crash-deals-another-blow-to-russian-space-sector/ http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/05/16/proton-crash-deals-anot...