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2014-05-20 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia scared of Commercial Space - Russia, China Sign Space Exploration Agreement

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Posted by 3dc 2014-05-20 00:27|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 discussion on the forums at NASA Spaceflight dotcom

Posted by 3dc 2014-05-20 00:31|| 2014-05-20 00:31|| Front Page Top

#2 The short version:

Turns out Russia was afraid of competition in human space access so pulled up their pants and made a deal with China. The plan to take the propulsion unit of the space station with them. So we either need to make a replacement ASAP or watch the Ruskies crash it to earth.
Same with speeding up funding for commercial manned access to space.
Either do it or give up on space travel.

Posted by 3dc 2014-05-20 00:50|| 2014-05-20 00:50|| Front Page Top

#3 The Klingons attempting an alliance with the Romulans... It won't last long.

Posted by Snineth Phavimble9212 2014-05-20 01:31|| 2014-05-20 01:31|| Front Page Top

#4 ...yeah, while one has a lot of population looking for some key resources while the other has a lot less population sitting on a lot of key resources. Let's see, build a large navy with extended and long lines of communications to cover the import of key resources or just move north and acquire same said resources. There's got to be some trade offs there.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-05-20 08:33|| 2014-05-20 08:33|| Front Page Top

#5 North wind cloudy.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2014-05-20 10:53|| 2014-05-20 10:53|| Front Page Top

#6 China's track record of honoring intellectual property rights is abysmal. Russia is letting the pirates in through the front door. Good luck with that.

Our strength is private enterprise and a huge investment in black programs. Maybe it is time for some of the latter to see the light.

Posted by Squinty 2014-05-20 14:39|| 2014-05-20 14:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Russia is letting the pirates in through the front door. Good luck with that.

Maybe they can get Bill Clinton to work that as he already has much experience with that same program. Need some rocket booster info?

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-05-20 16:37|| 2014-05-20 16:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Saw this elsewhere:

" If the United States wants to keep the orbiting laboratory functioning beyond its putative end of use date of 2024, it will have to work out another way of carrying supplies and astronauts to and from the ISS. Joint cooperation in space continued between the United States and the Soviet Union even during the Cold War, so this announcement implies an even frostier relationship than was true in the middle of the last century."

Posted by 3dc 2014-05-20 18:24|| 2014-05-20 18:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Great. So in addition to losing the gains in Iraq, the administration is now losing the gains in the Cold War.

Posted by Pappy 2014-05-20 18:53|| 2014-05-20 18:53|| Front Page Top

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