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Re:The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has ... by webmobdev on Sunday August 20, 2023 @10:56AM (#37199760)
Not necessarily - India, China, Japan and US have all upped their ante on space exploration and so Russia will too. (And with the US militarising space with its US Space Force, well, ... "Begun, the space war, has ...")
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Re:The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has ... by The_Colonel on Sunday August 20, 2023 @11:32AM (#37200094)
Roscosmos budget is not expected to grow in the coming years. Given the inflation and depreciating ruble, this effectively means lower budget for the coming years. Roscosmos also lost a lit of international cooperation which means it will have to finance its projects fully, further straining the budget.
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Re:The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has ... by tibbydudeza on Sunday August 20, 2023 @01:54PM (#37201415)
$421 million budget is chicken feed.
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Re:The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has ... by webmobdev on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @12:27PM (#37238470)
Where did you get that figure from? The article linked to previously ( https://jamestown.org/program/russian-space-spending-for-202... )says the current annual expenditure is $3.7 billion and Russia is planning to invest around 6.6 billion dollars in its GLONASS (global gps) project.
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Re:The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has ... by webmobdev on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @12:27PM (#37238481)
As an indian I am proud that the ISRO - with a current annual budget of around 1.5 billion dollar - succeeded in its moon mission.
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Re:The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has ... by tibbydudeza on Sunday August 20, 2023 @01:53PM (#37201408)
Russia has far more pressing issues than another space race - falling exports and spending due to the Ukraine war.
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