Putin instructed Roskosmos and ASI to consider the issue of creating spacecraft for extremely low orbits – up to 200 km by December, the Kremlin said.
After the failure of Luna and the successful landing of India on the Moon (in general, it predetermined Russia’s lag by a decade in the space race – in an era when the space race becomes the dominant industry for 3 decades), Putin decided to spend billions on the development of spacecraft that will fly at extremely low altitudes.
This is how I see this conversation:
– Our “Moon” crashed.
– Because of which.
– Because of an emergency.
– Which?
– Fucked into the moon.
– It’s clear. Then build a thing that won’t make it to the moon.
– What altitude should you aim for?
– To low.
– How low?
– Extremely low.
In general, there is a nuance: first, a target is chosen for the spacecraft, and then the characteristics of the apparatus (including the orbit) are adjusted to this target.
Putin did not say anything about the goal, only about the orbit, which means that the project initially had no goal, which means that the goal will be adjusted to the height.
And this means that the device will not fulfill any purpose, because the design will begin from orbit. What he will do in that orbit is not important.
In short, Putin instructed Roskosmos to cut the money.
It’s nice. The money will not go to rockets, but to the wallets of those who are going to build this miracle.
But the vector is important: at the start of a new arms and potential race (BRICS expansion), Russia failed the space program, losing everything even Soviet developments.
One less competitor. It’s also nice.
India is developing a completely autonomous (national) project – without the involvement of foreigners at all. So they have good potential, even though this is the first successful attempt.
China flirts with Xi in geopolitics so much that science-intensive areas begin to sag. It seems that Winnie the Pooh decided to play Chapaev, which is completely contrary to the spirit of “waiting” Beijing. By trying to force things, Xi has trapped China in a “development ceiling” and Winnie himself is stuck in the hollow of his own ambitions. So either ambitions will have to lose weight, or Xi will remain in the hollow “until better times.”
But at the “peak” of development, Xi still managed not to collect the cream, but only to cling to the crown.
