DDE Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, RCgothic said: Apparently Russian state media is giving their space program a grilling: There's state media and there's state media. MK is owned by its chief editor Pavel Gusev, and is much further removed from the Kremlin monetary trough than, say, VGTRK even though he's well-embedded politically. Because of that, it is often (at least selectively) more critical and seems to target a more displeased - if a more tabloidal - audience. Articles with the same tone appearing in, say, Lenta.ru and Gazeta.ru (Potanin and Mamut... might change now that Sberbank has bought Rambler&Co) or the more business-oriented Kommersant (of Ilia Safronov fame) were hardly notable. However, you may have noticed the mention of Shoigu in the article already. Pavel Gusev is the Chairman of the Public Council of the Ministry of Defense. And the article starts by sniping about military procurement... Quote The issue is that vernier thrusters on the Soyuz boosters and in the de-orbit engines of the Soyuz-MS spacecraft use a special grade of highly refined hydrogen peroxide. Production of this hydrogen peroxide in Russia, however, depends on deliveries of chemicals produced by a German company called Evonik Resource Efficiency GmbH. These deliveries are subject to limitation by international sanctions against the Russian Federation. It would seem that Eric's knowledge about RD-107/RD-108 and probably by extension the V-2 is somewhat short of Wikipedia standards. The original HTP supplier went bankrupt March last year: https://ria.ru/20200307/1568276729.html Quote Meanwhile, the average monthly wages for technical specialists who build the country's rockets and spacecraft range from $500 to $1,000 a month. I'll have to dig through my archives, but Angara's designer has long since claimed the low pay a canard - at least $1500 for the actual doers, at market exchange rate. You can about double that in PPP. Or, to put it more bluntly, it's about the average Moscow wage or 6 times minimum wage; heck, I don't quite earn 2k gross after 5 years. Considering these people are more likely to have studied on a scholarship than your average blue-collar (not that student lending is much of a thing in Russia), and a lot of them are likely to get company housing, that sounds comfy by the standards of Russia's maligned blue-collar class. That's said, we're still talking about severe corporate bloat: Roscosmos central management earns five times that, and Rogozin earns twice as much (at market rates, again) as the head of NASA. https://www.mk.ru/politics/2019/08/14/zarplaty-sotrudnikov-roskosmosa-porazhayut-voobrazhenie-kosmonavtam-takie-dengi-ne-snilis.html Quote If nothing changes, if there is no political will to introduce strict order using maximally radical methods, space will remain Russian only in our memories. Oh, what a familiar and annoying mindset. Just tighten the screws! Bang on the table! Shoot a few scapegoats! Spoiler Roscosmos was built to introduce strict order instead of the feudal system of individual KBs. Rogozin was brought in to introduce strict order after the public failures of Popovkin. Stepping on the same rake won't bring change. Heck, two, three years ago there already more FSB spooks than rocket scientists. Five years ago Rogozin began to dismiss key KB officials at the first sign of failure. Has anything at all improved? Edited December 17, 2021 by DDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Steep fee Now that I'm in the business of educating everyone on Russian political-adjacent personalities, meet Dmitry Peskov. Spoiler ...late evening at a carwash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 It's even funnier as I am already are familiar with the guy (not by studying the Russian government, but by having seen a press conference snippet in a report on NHK). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 (edited) On 12/17/2021 at 8:41 PM, DDE said: article After reading the original article, I felt that it looked very much like a hit piece. Lists a bunch of problems, doesn’t tell what to do, not even a suggestion, but implies that it’s all the director’s fault. Mentions that the national security is at risk, as if knowing that the director's boss values security a lot… while skipping other things like the fact that work on Sarmat ICBM (built by Roscosmos company) is going very well. States that the construction work at Vostochniy is lagging behind schedule, but “forgets” that it was even further behind schedule when the director was appointed… I don’t want to defend anyone here, but things like these become easy to spot after reading a lot of Russian press I wonder if the original author (and possible client?..) expected his article to be translated and published on Ars Technica for the whole world to see. Edited December 19, 2021 by sh1pman Wrong emoji… duh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 How many missions did “they” (design bureau or government) plan to fly for the L3 program before either cancelling it or moving forward with the L3M and DLB? Or did they not get that far in planning? The 1964 decision, prior to the L3 adopting a double launch flight profile, had two “reserve” N1s after the first crewed landing, but I am wondering if anything further was planned after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 (edited) OKB-1 was planning to build N-1 and stay in space (as they had been already pushed out of the military). Based on how many LK they have spent in LEO, probably depends on how much money their plant would get. What were the strategic plans, probably nobody can say, as well as the actual aim beyond the flag planting. As even the lunar probes since E-6 were transferred from Korolev's to Lavochkin's bureau (fighter planes, tactic missiles, long-range cruise missile), probably their further plans but N-1 were playing no role. Edited December 20, 2021 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Oops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 8 hours ago, RCgothic said: Oops. That propellant team can't catch a break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 24, 2021 Author Share Posted December 24, 2021 When is the next launch opportunity? I forgot to get up to watch it today, so I'm sorta happy for the scrub, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 https://www-interfax-ru.translate.goog/russia/812525?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru One of ISS crews will stay at the landing point for about two days to imitate the landing on another celestial body. Instead of the rescue team, they (another they) will drop a special equipment for the crew, kinda the crew just had landed and unboxed. (Probably that's why Anna Kikina) *** Earlier they stated that it's being planned to perform a radiosilence experiment on ISS. The ISS will have no connection to the Earth, to cause the communication pauses, kinda they are behind the Moon or have a 20 minute delay at the Mars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Which Christmas tree bazaar sells these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 (edited) Whatmas? The Julian Dec, 25 will come two weeks later. Edited December 26, 2021 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 11 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Whatmas? The Julian Dec, 25 will come two weeks later. But we can start celebrating in advance, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 6 hours ago, sh1pman said: But we can start celebrating in advance, right? We can do it any time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 https://www-interfax-ru.translate.goog/russia/812866?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru Angara-A5 launched from Plesetsk has successfully put on LEO the upper stage Perseus with a sat mockup to let it go to GSO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Though, Angara itself works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOXBLOX Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Speaking of Russian Christmas, I give you "Jingle Bells" performed by the Red Army Choir*. Spoiler https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wgUkXcgWUCY * Yeah, you read that right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 9 minutes ago, SOXBLOX said: * Yeah, you read that right. "Rudolph, forward" Spoiler Bonus content Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 (edited) Edited December 28, 2021 by RCgothic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Wrong.The Angara stages have done perfectly. The malfunctioned Perseus is a variant of the Block D upper stage, and is a part of payload. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOXBLOX Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 44 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: The Angara stages have done perfectly. Finally! Looking forward to the next launch in 2033. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 3 hours ago, RCgothic said: Methinks it's a Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 2 hours ago, SOXBLOX said: Finally! Looking forward to the next launch in 2033. 2 in 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 hour ago, DDE said: Methinks it's a Tuesday. SpaceX test fail: “This is why they test. Better luck next time!” Roscosmos test (partial) fail: “This is the end!” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.