Well at least the Russians still have a space program.
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We’re about to jump leaps and bounds over the Russians and everybody else with partial privatization. We’re already there with unmanned launches. And manned launches are within two years of happening.
SpaceX just had a successful pad abort test a little over a week ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=1_FXVjf46T8
SpaceX wouldn’t be nearly this far along if the Russians hadn’t tried to get Musk drunk and steal all his money when he tried to buy rockets from them. Thank you Russians.
The Shuttle was a dangerous and expensive dinosaur that went well past the time it should have been retired.
“We’re about to jump leaps and bounds over the Russians and everybody else with partial privatization. “
What’s to keep the Chinese from buying SpaceX? Everyone has a price.
Never heard about this. Is Musk the fellow who runs SpaceX? Got some good links you can give me where I can learn more about SpaceX, privatization, and this Russian/drunk thing?