> Soyouz is cheap.
Only in relation to other single-use rockets.
SpaceX has been eating russian's (and other countries') space business for years now, simply because they are cheaper.
Only in relation to other single-use rockets.
SpaceX has been eating russian's (and other countries') space business for years now, simply because they are cheaper.
His nuclear cruise missile program is so lame by comparison.
Building a dynamic, innovative organisation capable of developing a re-usable architecture would be very expensive, and unless they can not just equal but handily beat SpaceX, there's just no money in it. Their current launch systems already meet their military needs, so there's no political support from that quarter either.
Their war chest is not looking too healthy though, the hit to oil prices in the last 5 years depleted a lot of their reserves. Thanks for the correction.