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The pace at which Space X is designing , developing , manufacturing and launching new generation cost effective space craft is astonishing, I doubt whether Russia will be a serious contender for the future multi planetary program ( Moon / Mars )
Their space shuttle program in the late 80’s “Buran” to compete with the US shuttle program was a flop , one unmanned flight then the program was mothballed.They have been launching the same type of hardware for decades now , very reliable but limited in future capabilities
The US now have a fully budgeted space program with Congress support ( so far )
It will be interesting to follow development of this Russian “falcon 9” copy
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