Russia loses ability to launch manned spaceflight for first time since 1961

Accident at Baikonur Launch Pad 31 sidelines Soyuz indefinitely.

https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3m6olwzuric2a

Unfortunately I guess this means SpaceX will have to take up the slack for ISS resupply and crew changes.

http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/russias-space-program-suffers-a-big-setback.126293/

Finally, Russia has a chance to catch up to the 2010's and late 1970s US space program.

Expect it will take far less time than the two years estimate, they'll refuse to be dependent on the US for crew launches.

In addition to generally being terrible people, Russians are just complete fucking idiots

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This is one of my key points when arguing with fellow environmentalists about nuclear power: Even the Russians only managed to fuck it up once!

We’ll see. With the sanctions and their current war economy who knows how many resources they will have to put to it.

China's gonna kick all our butts in the space race anyway.

And India is positioning themselves.