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Russia’s trampoline guy is now mocking US rocket engine makers
"They have no equipment to orbit their payloads on," deputy prime minister taunts.
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Back in 2014, as tensions between the United States and Russia rose to a crescendo, that country's chief space minister mocked NASA and the US government for its reliance on Russia to get US astronauts to the International Space Station. If the US didn't like Russia's policies and was going to persist in economic sanctions, deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin tweeted, perhaps they would like to use a trampoline to get to space?
Publicly, neither NASA nor the US government responded.
What can you say when you have no mean to get space ? You just play dumb as if you see nothing and hear nothing.
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But beyond astronaut transport, the US government is reliant upon Russia in another way in space—until last year the primary means by which national security payloads were launched into space was via the Atlas V rocket. This reliable launch vehicle is powered by RD-180 engines that United Launch Alliance purchases from Russia
It was in the context of the RD-180 purchases that Rogozin lashed out at the American aerospace industry, and Elon Musk in particular:
"You have heard all sorts of speculations on this by American politicians, starting from McCain to Elon Musk, who were trying to prevent such deliveries," Rogozin said. "However, the pragmatic Americans, being the initiators of the sanctions, continue to purchase our engines, because they simply do not have this kind of engine. They have no equipment to orbit their payloads on."
Another trash talking by other high ranking Russian !
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Musk has been a particular target of Rogozin because SpaceX's low-cost launch business has threatened Russia's space industry on several fronts. For many national security launches, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket offers a far-less-expensive alternative to the Atlas V, especially now that it has been certified by the Air Force. Musk's Dragon spacecraft, too, will help end reliance on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft for human transport to the station . And finally, the Falcon 9 has taken launch commercial satellite launch business away from the Russia's Proton rocket. Given all of this, some of Musk's family members have expressed concern about Musk's personal safety.
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/06/r...pace-companies/
Should we take insulting by high ranking Russian officers ? Where are the pride of American leaders ? They lost it ?
Russia’s trampoline guy is now mocking US rocket engine makers
"They have no equipment to orbit their payloads on," deputy prime minister taunts.
Quote:
Back in 2014, as tensions between the United States and Russia rose to a crescendo, that country's chief space minister mocked NASA and the US government for its reliance on Russia to get US astronauts to the International Space Station. If the US didn't like Russia's policies and was going to persist in economic sanctions, deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin tweeted, perhaps they would like to use a trampoline to get to space?
Publicly, neither NASA nor the US government responded.
What can you say when you have no mean to get space ? You just play dumb as if you see nothing and hear nothing.
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But beyond astronaut transport, the US government is reliant upon Russia in another way in space—until last year the primary means by which national security payloads were launched into space was via the Atlas V rocket. This reliable launch vehicle is powered by RD-180 engines that United Launch Alliance purchases from Russia
It was in the context of the RD-180 purchases that Rogozin lashed out at the American aerospace industry, and Elon Musk in particular:
"You have heard all sorts of speculations on this by American politicians, starting from McCain to Elon Musk, who were trying to prevent such deliveries," Rogozin said. "However, the pragmatic Americans, being the initiators of the sanctions, continue to purchase our engines, because they simply do not have this kind of engine. They have no equipment to orbit their payloads on."
Another trash talking by other high ranking Russian !
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Musk has been a particular target of Rogozin because SpaceX's low-cost launch business has threatened Russia's space industry on several fronts. For many national security launches, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket offers a far-less-expensive alternative to the Atlas V, especially now that it has been certified by the Air Force. Musk's Dragon spacecraft, too, will help end reliance on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft for human transport to the station . And finally, the Falcon 9 has taken launch commercial satellite launch business away from the Russia's Proton rocket. Given all of this, some of Musk's family members have expressed concern about Musk's personal safety.
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/06/r...pace-companies/
Should we take insulting by high ranking Russian officers ? Where are the pride of American leaders ? They lost it ?