DDE Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Realization Optional, Specifics Scarce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Wait, they were onboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, DDE said: Wait, they were onboard? But they are always onboard on redocking, as there is no lifeboat on ISS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 6 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: But they are always onboard on redocking, as there is no lifeboat on ISS. Makes sense, but I somehow assumed this was done using Kurs or TORU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 8 minutes ago, DDE said: Wait, they were onboard? From those photos - the space station is circling a dirty brown planet with not enough cities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kerbiloid Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 28 minutes ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: From those photos - the space station is circling a dirty brown planet with not enough cities. The Kerbal Cities pack is not installed to save RAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 Do Russian movies have ratings like PG, R, etc? What will this film be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 16 minutes ago, tater said: Do Russian movies have ratings like PG, R, etc? What will this film be? I bet they're aiming for "12+" and should meet that with ease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 50 minutes ago, minor chewing-out at the uppermost level http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/66803 Approval of all programs and budgets two months behind schedule Status report on ROSS (not public) Raising competitiveness of Russian commercial launch services Space-based nuclear power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 A couple questions- 1. What is the closest Soviet/Russian equivalent of MIT (the Boston MIT) in relation to civilian spaceflight? I do recall Leningrad Polytechnic Institute having done research related to ballistic missile guidance systems, but I'm not sure if that ended up relating to space launch vehicles or not. 2. Is the film project Challenge actually a reasonable commercial space achievement on the part of Roscosmos, or simply part of how tourist seats are sold by Roscosmos (and they happen to be filming a movie), or the product of Russian capitalism (2021's Pizza Hut ad on a Proton rocket)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 25 minutes ago, SunlitZelkova said: 1. What is the closest Soviet/Russian equivalent of MIT (the Boston MIT) in relation to civilian spaceflight? I do recall Leningrad Polytechnic Institute having done research related to ballistic missile guidance systems, but I'm not sure if that ended up relating to space launch vehicles or not. MAI, I assume? I used to host students from there back in the CCCP days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 6 hours ago, SunlitZelkova said: the product of Russian capitalism (2021's Pizza Hut ad on a Proton rocket)? The product of Russian state capitalism specifically - both its space arm and its movie-making arm. It's funded by the taxpayer - both by Roscosmos from its spaceflight funding, and by the notorious Cinema Fund of the Ministry of Culture; the share of provate funding remains unknown, but the production company previously used a state grant to film Salyut 7. Rogozin makes no effort to hide the propagandistic purposes of the film, and actress selection is seen as having been rigged in favor of people high up the totem pole of the Russian movie industry - and there are a lot of salacious claims about how they got there. Said Russian movie industry is despised precisely because of the abovedescribed funding model: taxpayer-funded, completely detached from commercial consequences, clannish, and not very good even at propaganda. I mean, what conclusions are we supposed to draw from the ending of Salyut 7, which is just an extended and entirely serious version of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, SunlitZelkova said: 1. What is the closest Soviet/Russian equivalent of MIT (the Boston MIT) in relation to civilian spaceflight? A "civilian spaceflight"? Wut's that? The spaceflights are governmental, the tasks are custom, civilian and not. Several tourists at both sides of the Pacific Gulf don't play any role until a commercial company has its own private space station. 7 hours ago, SunlitZelkova said: Is the film project Challenge actually a reasonable commercial space achievement on the part of Roscosmos, or simply part of how tourist seats are sold by Roscosmos (and they happen to be filming a movie), or the product of Russian capitalism (2021's Pizza Hut ad on a Proton rocket)? To stop Tom Cruise from becoming the first living being in the Universe filming a space film in space. Isn't this enough important? Edited September 30, 2021 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: the first living being in the Universe filming a space film in space. First professional living beings in the universe filming a space film in space* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 18 hours ago, DDE said: Makes sense, but I somehow assumed this was done using Kurs or TORU. I assume they did, main reason for them to be onboard is that if they can not dock again they have no ride home, they would have to launch an empty Soyuz to get them home. Also no way off if you needed to evacuate IIS. Yes technically its space in the dragon for 3 more but you would have no seat so the splashdown will be dangerous. And if onboard they can take over if its problems. Back then they used the shuttle and Soyuz the Russians would leave in another Soyuz than they left in, leaving the newest in orbit, this way you had two there in case of emergency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DDE Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 2 hours ago, tater said: "Come on, you will bounce higher than Bezos by week 2, or we'll flunk you!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 8 minutes ago, DDE said: "Come on, you will bounce higher than Bezos by week 2, or we'll flunk you!" Roscosmos and trampolines had a long standing partnership Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 https://www-interfax-ru.translate.goog/russia/794634?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=nui Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, kerbiloid said: https://www-interfax-ru.translate.goog/russia/794634?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=nui Doesn't look like the document has been blunted much. They've added caveats that sharing nearly any information about Roscosmos "except for programs of scientific and socio-economic importance" would merit a 'foreign agent' designation. Makes any civilian study of the military hazardous as well, oof. Gotta watch what I post now. Edited September 30, 2021 by DDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 33 minutes ago, DDE said: Doesn't look like the document has been blunted much. They've added caveats that sharing nearly any information about Roscosmos "except for programs of scientific and socio-economic importance" would merit a 'foreign agent' designation. Makes any civilian study of the military hazardous as well, oof. Gotta watch what I post now. Seems like it's easier to catch a "foreign agent" designation in Russia these days than to catch a cold. It sounds bleak at first, I guess one could decide to look at it in the The Incredibles way: "When everybody is a foreign agent ... nobody is". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 45 minutes ago, Codraroll said: Seems like it's easier to catch a "foreign agent" designation in Russia these days than to catch a cold. It sounds bleak at first, I guess one could decide to look at it in the The Incredibles way: "When everybody is a foreign agent ... nobody is". Yes, a country of space bloggers... one can dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 https://www.interfax.ru/business/794691 The MS-19 rocket is installed on launchpad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 Looks fake, lol. Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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