The Russian government was already paying their space agency pennies, but it just got a lot worse

[anon45]

The Russian government was already paying their space agency pennies, but it just got a lot worse

• On Monday, Igor Komarov, the director of Roscosmos — Russia's version of NASA — announced that the space agency will receive a total of $22.5 billion dollars in government funding over the next 10 years.
  
  That might sound like a lot, but it's close to how much NASA gets from the federal government each year. In 2015, alone, NASA received approximately $18 billion, and is projected to get a similar amount each year through 2019.
  
  Moreover, the latest Roscosmos budget is half the amount that the decade-long planning document called the Federal Space Program (FSP) 2016-2025 laid out earlier this year.
  
  Komarov explained why in a statement:
  
  “Based on today's economic situation, the funding for activities in the FSP is set at [1.521 trillion] rubles ($22.5 billion),” Komarov said, according to the The Moscow Times. “We have optimized the program, maintaining key projects … which will allow the industry to develop.”
  
  Right now, it's unclear how this drastic cut will impact Russia's goal to land their first cosmonauts on the moon — an ambitious effort that they announced earlier this year.
  
  The latest budget cut is the third Roscosmos has suffered this year.

Russian space agency gets major budget cut for the next decade - Business Insider

Along with this happening to a military launch.... Lost Russian Kanopus-ST satellite falls back to Earth over the Atlantic - SpaceFlight Insider

Looks like Putin is sacrificing space for earth based military assets.

 

[C130]

this sucks really looks like private citizens will be the ones who drive the space race.

 

[F-22Raptor]

On what planet does Roscosmos think they can land cosmonauts on the Moon with that kind of budget?

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

All russians have spent all their money on English Premire League Football clubs , that is where the money is going

 

[oproh]

Don't worry, Russia's partner China will do all the work needed in space, Russia can handle everything else.

 

[navtrek]

Don't worry, Russia's partner China will do all the work needed in space, Russia can handle everything else.

I don’t believe that coming from China. As far as I know China will only take care of its own business and nothing else.

 

[Audio]

Recent cooperation between Roscosmos and ESA (2 Mars missions orbiter+lander 2016/lander+rover 2018, Moon mission with lander to scout a landing site or location for possible colony) seems to make more sense now.

The 2016 mission people from ESA are working on triple shifts right now, so i'd wager some progress is being made.

ExoMars Work at Frenzied Pace To Make 2016 Launch Date

 

[senheiser]

PK video

 

[yugocrosrb95]

PK video

SpaceX is a newcomer, you can't expect to be comparable to Russian or NASA's rocket designs with decads of experience.

 

[anon45]

PK video

Private company that is testing amazing things, and given they are only like a decade old they will have growing pains . By the way their Return to Flight is next week and they will attempt to land their first stage back on the pad!

SpaceX: Falcon 9 rocket to return to flight next week