The Russians said it wll be repaired quickly. The accuracy of this is anyone’s guess.
Sounds like they haven’t had sufficient funds to keep it in good repair, yet they’re announcing that after decomissioning the ISS they will launch their own Russia-only space station. Baloney?
Anyhow I feel they’re busy with other things right now and launching astronauts is not their #1 priority. But this could point to Russia’s economy/society crumbling more and more, so it’s still a net positive.
The only thing that really pisses me off here is that it will most likely play into Musky Melon’s hand.
They’ll find a way to launch it. They’ll go back into the old Soviet mindset of
throwing blini at a wall until something stickssending cosmonaut after cosmonaut until they have a success and then pretend the others didn’t exist.And they’ll fill the minds of young would-be cosmonauts full of propaganda and tell them that there was definitely no-one before them who died up there, especially not in pain or terror. Those were unmanned test missions. Strap yourself in, you’re going to space!
use a trampoline to get you Cosmonauts up there now?
Roscosmos shared footage of the launch, which showed part of the launchpad collapse into an exhaust trench below as a result of the rocket’s blast.
Whelp, guess that’s the end of things for a bit. It’ll be interesting to see where Pootin manages to dig up the millions he’ll need for repairs.
Where? The same place where any “esteemed leader” takes money: from the citizens’ pockets.
from defenestrated oligarchs pocket.
Russia isn’t socialist. Defenestrated oligarch pocket’s content moves to the next oligarch in line.
But calling them oligarchs isn’t correct. In Russia those people don’t control the government as oligarchs should by definition, they are just temporary wardens of the objects and in charge only while the tsar is pleased with them.
I mean that is exactly where the US is heading and has been for years. A lot of people would be shocked to know how many ties our 3 letter spooks have to wall street and the tech sector.
They’ll find it, their space program is one of the few things going well for Russia, and there’s too much prestige on the line.
This is quite the blow for the iss. This only leaves dragon for crew and boosting which it hasn’t been shown to be fully capable of yet.
They have other launch pads and cosmodromes to launch unmanned supply missions which are also used for boosting. They can launch Soyuz-2 rockets from Vostochny, which they chose because they can still reach the ISS from there with a similar payload to Baikonur. Although they never launched a Progress from Vostochny.
Like everyone else the ISS is learning that Putin isn‘t a reliable partner the hard way. It‘s astonishing how reluctant we are to learn and adapt.
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Russia has been pretty reliable for ISS transit ever since they launched the first module for it back in 1998. Despite political bluster, they’ve followed through when needed. Including after we unilaterally decided to decommission to Shuttle with no replacement, leaving Soyuz as the only crew transit option available at all.
I suppose an Ariane 6 could help at least for boosting and cargo. I don’t remember if it is rated for crew flight yet.
A functionial rocket is only half the story. You also need a spacecraft which can be integrated onto said rocket. ESA hasn’t had one of those since the ATV.
I know it’s a bad thing to write, but currently any russian set back is just fine by me
