That’s what happens when you cancel your reusable spaceplanes and let Buran get squashed.
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Man…. International space travel will always be one of the most confusing things known to me… like… all of the first world literally gathered around to see who could do some things first… they did those things… and space travel just fell off the face of the earth. I want the interstellar buses and cool galaxy pictures I was promised.
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To be fair on Russia, it was occupied with collapsing into corruption and being taken over by organised crime.
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So, part of the reason why Soviet Union had so many launches is that they were launching a lot of spy satellites who would take photos of other countries on film and then they had to return films to USSR to be developed:
The Russian space industry is spiralling towards death right now, and it will take a massive shake-up to change that. Much of their space program is still reliant on Soviet technology as well. Between losing out on the US buying all their seats on the ISS, engines for our launch vehicles, the deorbiting of the ISS within the next decade, and repossessing commercial satellites, on top of the Ukraine war, they’ve lost a lot of money, business, and trust.
The US isn’t about to join them on their upcoming space station, if it ever exists. And once the ISS is gone, so is the little money we’re giving them to fly US Astronauts on Soyuz. Atlas V already has all the engines it needs before retirement, plus Vulcan is flying, so that dried up years ago already, and I doubt anyone will want to hand over their satellites to launch anymore. ESA had one of the closer partnerships with Roscosmos for some missions, and launching Soyuz at French Guiana, but in the wake of the Ukraine war, they cut ties.
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Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters|
|——-|———|—|
|[ESA](/r/Space/comments/1jybk2c/stub/mmxm513 “Last usage”)|European Space Agency|
|[ICBM](/r/Space/comments/1jybk2c/stub/mmy1hwj “Last usage”)|Intercontinental Ballistic Missile|
|[JWST](/r/Space/comments/1jybk2c/stub/mmxt64z “Last usage”)|James Webb infra-red Space Telescope|
|[Roscosmos](/r/Space/comments/1jybk2c/stub/mmy3xb4 “Last usage”)|[State Corporation for Space Activities, Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscosmos_State_Corporation)|
|[ULA](/r/Space/comments/1jybk2c/stub/mmy3xb4 “Last usage”)|United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)|
|[USAF](/r/Space/comments/1jybk2c/stub/mmy3j9b “Last usage”)|United States Air Force|
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That’s what happens when you cancel your reusable spaceplanes and let Buran get squashed.
Man…. International space travel will always be one of the most confusing things known to me… like… all of the first world literally gathered around to see who could do some things first… they did those things… and space travel just fell off the face of the earth. I want the interstellar buses and cool galaxy pictures I was promised.
To be fair on Russia, it was occupied with collapsing into corruption and being taken over by organised crime.
So, part of the reason why Soviet Union had so many launches is that they were launching a lot of spy satellites who would take photos of other countries on film and then they had to return films to USSR to be developed:
[**https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenit_(satellite)**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenit_(satellite))
The United States did not out-launch Russia until 1995. The US graph does not look much different than this. After the space race, there was a general decline world wide. You can see a comparison view [here](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/yearly-number-of-objects-launched-into-outer-space).
The Russian space industry is spiralling towards death right now, and it will take a massive shake-up to change that. Much of their space program is still reliant on Soviet technology as well. Between losing out on the US buying all their seats on the ISS, engines for our launch vehicles, the deorbiting of the ISS within the next decade, and repossessing commercial satellites, on top of the Ukraine war, they’ve lost a lot of money, business, and trust.
The US isn’t about to join them on their upcoming space station, if it ever exists. And once the ISS is gone, so is the little money we’re giving them to fly US Astronauts on Soyuz. Atlas V already has all the engines it needs before retirement, plus Vulcan is flying, so that dried up years ago already, and I doubt anyone will want to hand over their satellites to launch anymore. ESA had one of the closer partnerships with Roscosmos for some missions, and launching Soyuz at French Guiana, but in the wake of the Ukraine war, they cut ties.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters|
|——-|———|—|
|[ESA](/r/Space/comments/1jybk2c/stub/mmxm513 “Last usage”)|European Space Agency|
|[ICBM](/r/Space/comments/1jybk2c/stub/mmy1hwj “Last usage”)|Intercontinental Ballistic Missile|
|[JWST](/r/Space/comments/1jybk2c/stub/mmxt64z “Last usage”)|James Webb infra-red Space Telescope|
|[Roscosmos](/r/Space/comments/1jybk2c/stub/mmy3xb4 “Last usage”)|[State Corporation for Space Activities, Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscosmos_State_Corporation)|
|[ULA](/r/Space/comments/1jybk2c/stub/mmy3xb4 “Last usage”)|United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)|
|[USAF](/r/Space/comments/1jybk2c/stub/mmy3j9b “Last usage”)|United States Air Force|
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I am surprised they launched so many in the last 2 years.
Man, progress/soyuz’s amazing, the fact that it’s still one of the most reliable rocketships is incredible.
Because they realize its a complete waste of time and money
Hard to pay for a space program when you invade other countries and kidnap their children