DDE Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 19 hours ago, Codraroll said: Gotta wonder what the extra 6 billion is for. When you ask for 1.4 of something, you generally don't extend it to 1.406 without having a specific purpose in mind. Hah, clearly you haven't dealt with bureaucrats pretending to be efficient and precise. *a spectre of Alexei Kudrin appears* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 +1406 wanted -6 cut off +1400 given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 This wording might make someone go, ahem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 "Hey, intern! Here, write a text from this note here." "But... but i know nothing about space travel." "So's 95% of our readers. Just write something vaguely sciencey sounding - no one will care anyway. Besides... how hard can it be? It's not exactly rocket science. Hahahahaha!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 5 minutes ago, Scotius said: "But... but i know nothing about space travel." "Of course you don't. "That's why you work at Roscosmos!" The term is legitimate, BTW. A Russian FIDO is known as a ballistician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 So it appears that Bertini was a Kerbal... Spoiler A team of volunteers have started restoring what's left of this thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 44 minutes ago, DDE said: A team of volunteers J, B, B ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 50 minutes ago, DDE said: So it appears that Bertini was a Kerbal... Oh wow, that’s what it’s supposed to look like? I always thought it was some sort of ekranoplan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.50calBMG Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 14 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Oh wow, that’s what it’s supposed to look like? I always thought it was some sort of ekranoplan. It is, but one that was supposed to have some limited altitude capability so it could be used over land as well as water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 It was an ekranoplan, they all do have wings, just smaller than their mass would imply if they were to be conventional planes. They have all the control surfaces that a plane would have, too. They're missing in the museum example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 10 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Oh wow, that’s what it’s supposed to look like? I always thought it was some sort of ekranoplan. Ekranoplan Class C (so capable of level flight without ground effect, flight ceiling 10 000 m vs Orlyonok's 3000 m) with twelve VTOL thrusters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Intakes suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Quote MOSCOW, September 16. / TASS /. By the end of 2020, the state corporation Roscosmos will sign a contract for the development of the Nuclon complex, which includes a space tug with a nuclear reactor on board. In 2030, the device should go on a long flight with a final destination on one of Jupiter's satellites, Alexander Bloshenko, executive director of Roscosmos for promising programs and science, told TASS. The contract for the preliminary design for the Nuclon space complex will be concluded by the end of this year. A space tug with a nuclear reactor from this complex will be used for flights to distant planets of the solar system, its first mission is scheduled for 2030, "Bloshenko said. Speaking about the Nuclon tugboat flight program, the executive director noted that "it will not be just a test launch with a black box, but a full-fledged scientific program at once." In particular, at the first stage of the mission in 2030, the tug will dock in space with the payload module and go to the Moon, where it will probe it and leave a research satellite in its orbit. At the second stage, a bundle of the space tug and the payload module will fly to Venus, and on the way to the planet, it is possible to carry out tests to refuel the tug with fuel (xenon gas). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Nuclear tug? Heck yes! ... .. . As long as it isn't another cardboard prop meant to justify requesting more money Because let's face it - it's an ambitious goal, and Roscosmos's track record isn't the best in regard of long-range exploration missions. (Re)Learn to walk before you run a marathon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 But before sending it to the Jupiter, it should be properly tested in LEO, to prove its delta-V and maneuvering abilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 6 hours ago, sh1pman said: space tug with a nuclear reactor on board but what @Scotius said... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Russians have launched nuclear reactors before. NTR propulsion would be something new, but this is not. That said, 2030 is a pie in the sky, even if it does get made, it'll go through a million permutations and delays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Scotius said: As long as it isn't another cardboard prop meant to justify requesting more money Oh, don't worry, it's not entirely cardboard. This has turned up in KB Arsenal, the manufacturer of the old US-A RORSATs: And they have a signed contract for an electronic warfare satellite: https://iz.ru/news/629623; https://thespacereview.com/article/3809/1 Actually, thinking about it... pinging @nyrath Edited September 16, 2020 by DDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Maybe, @FreeThinker gets something for KSPI-E, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 (edited) CosmoCourse officially bid for the next-next-gen Amur methalox rocket alongside Progress and Khrunichev, thus becoming Russia's first wannabe private SLV manufacturer. They bid RUB 203 mln on a RUB 407 mln contract. They also came in dead last, with Progress selected as the primary. Looks likke Amur is Soyuz-6/7 again! https://zakupki.gov.ru/epz/order/notice/ok504/view/supplier-results.html?regNumber=0995000000220000033&backUrl=f33e6b15-612d-45dc-b29a-7db8127adbd7 Edited September 22, 2020 by DDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 (edited) They lost https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/22/09/2020/5f69f7d69a79475b31f72207? Upd. Rocket-Space Center Progress won. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/728122 Edited September 22, 2020 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 The Academy of Rostech and the SpecialChemistry company are developing a family of several light/sounding commercial rockets for meteorology, science, and satellite operators. It includes: the first liquid-propellant microrocket (first launch in this year, 5 km altitude; in future this will be increased up to 25 km), for educational organizations; a meteorogical rocket (15 kg of cargo up to 130 km, late 2021) a nanorocket, a launch vehicle for satellites (10 kg to LEO, 4 launches per year, will take ~5 years to develop, 1.5 bln RUR ~= 20 mln USD; a duty rocket for all micropayloads of 1-10 kg range) an ultralight launch vehicle for Roscosmos (250 kg to 500 km, in 5 years, 4.4 bln RUR ~= 60 mln USD), for the contest of the AeroNet association; https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/728328 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOXBLOX Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 These numbers are very ambitious! Never has space been so small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 2 hours ago, SOXBLOX said: These numbers are very ambitious! Never has space been so small. They've installed the Sounding Rockets mod with 0.35 m and 0.625 m parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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