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rocketjoe79
2025 Dec 9, 10:44pm
rocketjoe79
2025 Dec 9, 10:44pm
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.
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rocketjoe79
2025 Dec 9, 11:02pm
rocketjoe79
2025 Dec 9, 11:02pm
rocketjoe79 says
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.
My next move is to invest as much as I can if SpaceX ever goes public. Musk wants to do this.
Chopstick parts already on site, foundations being laid, LOX farm at 39A, Flame Diverter Trench underway. 76 launches approved with 150 landings.
The Roberts Road SpaceX facility is getting the first MegaBay outside Texas, already several stories tall with cranes working double shifts.
As of this year SpaceX has launched more tonnage into space than the entire US ex-SpaceX since 1957.
SpaceX overtook Russia - just 17 Launches in 2024 - with 134 Launches, as well as China. In the post Cold War, Russia dominated commercial launches using the R7 derivatives (Soyuz) until the SpaceX Falcon era.
The USA again leads the word in spacecraft launches.
The leaders in the 2025 launch race:
162 SpaceX (a new record)
79 China
15 Rocket Lab
15 Russia