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 build

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...