Re:Photos from inside the Baikonur Cosmodrome
by bluedino on Thursday July 02, 2015 @09:06AM
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In many rust belt cities, any building that sits unprotected will be vandalized and stripped of any valuable metals. This is on a Russian military base so it's safe.
Scrap collectors on the street don't charge for their time. It would cost the Russian government more in wages and such to scrap the site than they would ever get back out of it.
Re:Photos from inside the Baikonur Cosmodrome
by KJasper on Thursday July 02, 2015 @09:58AM
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That's why you would let some scrap collectors in and basically say to them: What would you pay me for this scrap if you have to haul it away yourself?
Scrap collectors on the street don't charge for their time. It would cost the Russian government more in wages and such to scrap the site than they would ever get back out of it.