Comments on: Russia slashes spending on space https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-slashes-spending-on-space/ Thu, 23 Apr 2015 16:21:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kelly Starks https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-slashes-spending-on-space/#comment-752421 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 16:12:00 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=34013#comment-752421 Their gov is funded on petrodollars and oil prices halved recently, so no surprise gov space projects are going down.

>…the quality control problems and corruption that appears to permeate Russia`s
> entire aerospace industry:..

True. the pay really hadn’t increased since soviet days. So most folks in it were old timers holding no out of pride, or with no where to go. But they operate like soviet days – write nothing down so no one can figure out how you do your job. But sooner or later folks get to old and stop coming into work one way or the other. Old equipment can’t afford to be replaced.

Their aerospace industry was never big no quality, now its literally growing old and dieing.

]]> By: PeterF https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-slashes-spending-on-space/#comment-752265 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:51:21 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=34013#comment-752265 Isn’t this system similar to the one they are using for their ICBMs? Makes you wonder how much of a threat they really are…

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