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Yep. Russian Space Program just screwed itself by not securing a piece of handling gear during a launch. They can launch man-rated missions until it's fixed, but probably don't want to spend the money.

rocketjoe79 says

Yep. Russian Space Program just screwed itself by not securing a piece of handling gear during a launch. They can't launch man-rated missions until it's fixed, but probably don't want to spend the money.

My next move is to invest as much as I can if SpaceX ever goes public. Musk wants to do this.

Putting men into orbit or worse, on other planets is a complete waste of money.

The sun is a giant nuclear fusion reactor; on earth the magnetic field shields us from the most dangerous radiation it emits, while in space nothing really protects you. They're not able to put lead into the space station to shield men from the danger.

Weightlessness for long periods also destroys the body.

Of course as a kid I was amazed that we put men on the moon and they rode around in electric carts and jumped around.

Factoid: the Earth is running out of Helium, and there's evidently a lot of it on the Moon.

Apparently they are going public soon. I’d love to be in on the IPO

FreeAmericanDOP says

The leaders in the 2025 launch race:

162 SpaceX (a new record)
79 China
15 Rocket Lab
15 Russia

Where the fuck are the launches from the ESA?

Europeans keep lecturing me on X about how superior they are!

It's not a fucking 'starship' if it can't engage in interstellar travel.

clambo says

Factoid: the Earth is running out of Helium, and there's evidently a lot of it on the Moon.

And there is a shit-ton of valuable minerals we can mine on asteroids too.

We will need to be able to perfect rocketry to be able to access this.

Also, expect alot of AI inference satellites will be launched in the coming years as they can get all of the massive power they need with solar in space.

Humans are not built to live or work in Arctic climates, deserts or below the sea, but we have managed ways so we can access valuable energy and minerals.

Oh wow! @socal2 is back!

How are things going at the Russian front?

socal2 says

Also, expect alot of AI inference satellites will be launched in the coming years as they can get all of the massive power they need with solar in space.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/space-based-solar-power-2667878868

MolotovCocktail says

Oh wow! socal2 is back!

How are things going at the Russian front?

Not socal2 but the answer to the question is the same as a year or even two years ago: keeping the 2nd army in the world stuck in quagmire while inflicting horrendous losses in personnel and equipment on it and denying it any strategic or even operational success. And while not the biggest in the world at ~800-850K it is up there with the biggest ones. Biggest in Europe for sure.

MolotovCocktail says

FreeAmericanDOP says

The leaders in the 2025 launch race:

162 SpaceX (a new record)
79 China
15 Rocket Lab
15 Russia

Where the fuck are the launches from the ESA?

6 this year.

MolotovCocktail says

How are things going at the Russian front?

You tell me. What has Russia "gained" in all of this? I am still struggling to see the strategic, let alone economic ROI for the Russians.

Imagine if the US invaded Mexico and we were 4 years of barely getting beyond Tijuana and the border towns while suffering a million casualties, losing our Gulf of American Naval fleet and bases, losing tens of thousands of tanks, IFV's and other vehicles including a huge number of our strategic bombers and attack helicopters. Let alone having our major oil refineries and pipelines hit by drones every week.

That would be some real class winning right there - right?

I am sure the same retarded thinking would be shitting on the Mexicans for being corrupt and would ludicrously claim it was not impressive for Mexico's military to defend the majority of their land from an invading nuclear superpower for 4+ years.

I'd stack up the Ukrainian military against most of the European pussies any day.