Why is it embarassing?
It's not like the Russians are novices in space.
Why is it embarassing?
It's not like the Russians are novices in space.
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What is embarassing is that WE should be able to do this by our selves. Instead NASA is stuck on stupid because of top heavy thinking. NASA needs to get out of the administration mode and let the engineers loose!
It's embarrassing because we should be making our own spacecraft and because NASA is considering doing business with a regime that is doing joint military exercises with China.
America used to be the leader in final frontier technology. Now we've been reduced to buying equipment from our competitor. It's embarassing.
First, would you buy a Russian made car?
Second, have you seen the Russian space program's safety record?
Russia has a LOT more man-hours in space than we do and they have a wealth of practical knowledge about things that go wrong. NASA is smart not to ignore that knowledge.