Comments on: Russia recovers boosters dropped on Russia https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-recovers-boosters-dropped-on-russia/ Thu, 24 Dec 2020 06:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-recovers-boosters-dropped-on-russia/#comment-1099908 Thu, 24 Dec 2020 06:41:38 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=71948#comment-1099908 David Eastman: Thank you for making points I had not considered. I’d thought it might have been good old-fashioned Russian paranoia: inland targets are harder to reach than coastal ones.

]]> By: Ian C. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-recovers-boosters-dropped-on-russia/#comment-1099614 Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:52:22 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=71948#comment-1099614 Vostochny, home of corruption, neglect, unpaid wages, strikes, delays. I love the Russians a lot and I prefer to see them on our side (than to lose them to the Chicoms), but they really need to get their stuff in order. Though we could manage, if both sides really want to.

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David M.,

The Baikal booster for the Angara was meant to be reusable, so they were working on that. Perhaps they manage to develop something within the next 30 years. Though without independent, private enterprise, I won’t bet on it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikal_(rocket_booster)

]]> By: David M. Cook https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-recovers-boosters-dropped-on-russia/#comment-1099557 Tue, 22 Dec 2020 18:00:11 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=71948#comment-1099557 Does anyone think the Russians are going to be landing these stages & re-using them in our lifetimes? I will eat my hat if they can reuse any boosters in the next 30 years!

]]> By: David Eastman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-recovers-boosters-dropped-on-russia/#comment-1099556 Tue, 22 Dec 2020 17:55:33 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=71948#comment-1099556 From what I remember, the decision on why to locate Vostochny where they did was equal parts sensible realization that virtually everything else in their aerospace program is in the northwest of Russia, and a site located just for a clean flight path would me thousands of miles of rail transport away from their production facilities, industrial and scientific centers, etc. And equal parts desire to funnel money into the pockets of people who’s assets and influence were in that area, not the eastern areas.

]]> By: Ray Van Dune https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-recovers-boosters-dropped-on-russia/#comment-1099534 Tue, 22 Dec 2020 16:09:12 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=71948#comment-1099534 From the appearance of that booster, I think “recovered” is a bit of a stretch, unless perhaps in the sense of “recovered the bodies” after an air crash. I can just see the Roscosmos suits telling the next customer “Oh, not to worry Comrade! A few scratches! Buff right out!”

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