' Wrote:No, Topol is a military missile and it's pretty much already developed. I'm talking about Angara.
As for China and it's space program, seriously? They can't invent anything new and never could. All they do is just copy old soviet tech. They got to the point of trying to make a space station, well, good job. Shame chinese copies of really high tech stuff never become as good as originals. Look at their fighters - they still cannot make a good enough engine for their 4th generation rip-off.
Well, thanks to huuuge economy, Chinese military forces are quickly upgrading, I suppouse also space program. Predictions are in the next decade People's Republic will construct their own aircraft carriers, what will dramatically change balance of the power in Pacific region.
' Wrote:Yay, topic about space!!!
I remembe my school work- project of space craft, to reach Mars.
Its probably nice buisnes for Russia in nearest future, if USA wont owerjump them with Orion... or this new project of new generation of shuttles. But the problem is- SOJUZ, which realy rocks, made only for such orbital travels. Its reliable orbital-landing craft. They are used as emergency evacuation from ISS. But hell yeah, soon, orbital travels should become very easy, and much cheaper. Its 2000 $ per 1 kg to take it to orbit.
You know... I heared one intresting opinion. I fully agree with it.
We had Very nice resoults, in early days of space exploration. USSR have sended probe to Moon in 1959.
Jurij Gagarin in 1961. Mission to Moon in 1969. Sergej Korolov was constructing super carrier rocket to reach mars. Prototype of Sojuz, but for Mars expedition was made... Noone were thining about profit, higher payment. People were ready to work 24/7 for free, on their intusiasm. And space accepted them.
Now.... almost everyone do care about profit. No income=no deal. Our main ideology now- destroy everything, while extrackting last coin of profit. Space wont forgive such attitude. Its not market, or money farm. With such ideology- we can even forget about Moon, not even Mars.
P.S. Moon already non-available for us. Aliens there.:nono:
That all things happened in communism, economically inefficience system. That's why USSR lost Cold War - they just couldn't resist pace of arms race. Every state action should be profitable, if not in money, then in technology, influence, acces to resources... That's why nations organized themselves into states - for security and prosperity, not for travels. It can be sad, but this is reality of this world.