kerbiloid Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Just another successful launch of Angara. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Eyes on Orion https://t.me/kiam_ison_network/195 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Nani? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 And if you thought Leodr would miss the date, you'd be wrong. Astrogator 12042024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 (edited) ...and an ICBM launch from Kapustin Yar. Looks like everyone's celebrating Friday, so no ID on the type of missile. Edit: are, here we go, a video. Looks like a Yars to me. https://t.me/fotozak/6480 Edited April 12 by DDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 11 hours ago, DDE said: and an ICBM launch from Kapustin Yar No fireworks. Not counted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago Korona SSTO has been making rounds in the press again. I find it alarming that it's still a thing alongside Amur-SPG (Falcon-Methanski) and is getting more and more official endorsement. The last thing Roscosmos needs on their plate is a Korolev-Chelomei situation, but instead they're just throwing more and more things at the wall (Angara, Soyuz-5, Bartini's Krylo, even Don/Yenisei SHLV is still making noises). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago (edited) 1 hour ago, DDE said: Korona SSTO has been making rounds in the press again. I find it alarming that it's still a thing alongside Amur-SPG (Falcon-Methanski) and is getting more and more official endorsement. The last thing Roscosmos needs on their plate is a Korolev-Chelomei situation, but instead they're just throwing more and more things at the wall (Angara, Soyuz-5, Bartini's Krylo, even Don/Yenisei SHLV is still making noises). Of course. Impressive announcements and PowerPoint slides are cheaper than impressive hardware. As the capabilities of the Russian space program dwindle into nothing, expect their announcements to become ever more grandiose. Ars Technica had a recent article on Borisov announcing a rocket able to throw infinite payload to space by running on reusable unicorn farts, starting next week. Or, well, that's not quite what he said, but he might as well, because what he promised will be equally impossible to deliver in the time frame: https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/russian-space-chief-says-new-rocket-will-put-falcon-9-reuse-to-shame/ Expect instead Soyuz to fly for a few more years until the budget or political situation will put a stop to manned Russian spaceflight forever. Edited 19 hours ago by Codraroll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago 9 minutes ago, Codraroll said: Or, well, that's not quite what he said, but he might as well, because what he promised will be equally impossible to deliver in the time frame: Oh, it is possible to deliver in that timeframe. But what if, hear me out, we gave the rocket scientists about a tenth of the necessary budget, and were utterly amazed they preferred to twiddle their thumbs, find excuses and set up rat lines and Swiss bank accounts instead of working? After all, that's how Angara happened. For the first decade, it received 4% of the funding it was supposed to. Combine that with a stalwart example of KB feudalism (Makeyev's pet Korona) and you have an absolute swamp that needs a new authoritarian like Korolev or Webb to sort it out. Borisov, meanwhile, just rattles off what his grammar-deficient PR team pushes his way. Be happy they don't boast of building a factory to produce carburetors for electric cars (there's such a scandal going on right now, someone included a news article from the equivalent of the Onion in a regional ministry's annual report, to great public embarrassment). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago 8 minutes ago, DDE said: Oh, it is possible to deliver in that timeframe. A Falcon equivalent operational within five years, without having any hardware and no budget at the present? I'd call that unlikely at best. Remember that it took five years from the debut of Falcon 9 until they actually landed a first stage. Sure, it might be possible given infinite funding and competent management, but ... what's the saying again? "If a fish had wheels, it would be a bicycle"? Those missing factors are, well, quite far removed from what is actually available in the present situation. And frankly, quite a bit more than Russia can be expected to make available with things being the way they are at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago 2 hours ago, Codraroll said: unicorn farts So, basically methalox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago 13 hours ago, DDE said: For the first decade, it received 4% of the funding it was supposed to. Yikes. At least Soyuz got a quarter of the funding requested in 1964. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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