Posted on 05/17/2014 1:56:46 PM PDT by Dallas59
As a tit-for-tat sanctions war vaporizes U.S.-Russian space cooperation, the Russian government has boosted the budget of its Federal Space Agency by 1.8 trillion rubles ($52 billion) to modernize and expand its existing infrastructure and capabilities by 2020.
The new program for Russian space activities through 2020 was quietly released on Tuesday, the same day that Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin issued a series of controversial statements painting the future of U.S.-Russian space cooperation in a bleak light.
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What kind of Muslim Outreach are they doing?
So the Chicoms have offered to buy the ISS from Russia for $100 Billion, huh?
They need it to finish Vostochny and improve Khrunichev.
Both of which have been chronically underfunded.
Interesting that they did this. It’s almost parity in absolute dollars with the U.S., which means at the exchange rate, they can do a lot more.
Like figuring out how to fly a Proton again that doesn’t fail...
NASA was once the pride and joy of Americans.
Their budget went up to 20 billion a year.
That would not satisfy the paid-off bankers,
and EXEMPT thieves in Congress for two days.
So all we will produce is whiny liberals and illegal immigrants
No, we produce whiny Conservatives, too.
People who don't even have the same grit those whiny liberals do and never raise Hell in the streets, riot, and engage in the political trench warfare it takes to gain control of one of the two political parties in this country.
The South was Conservative democrat until those whiny liberals had the determination, staying power, and grit to take over the democrat party you know.
So, to be accurate, whiny native born citizens and immigrants.
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