Yeah I congratulate Space X that they got the trampoline working again with a Falcon 9 block 5 to finally outsell the Proton-M. Based on current government even if Amur, Angara-5M, Yenisei and Don rockets did end up cheaper it would still be difficult to purchase it later from Russia so they will mostly be competing internationally. The only threat any other space company would be to Russia in terms of sales later is if they design fly wing rockets.
I`ve read that they still use soviet projects to build rockets for their launches. The number of which is smaller than Space X makes per year. It`s ridiculous to hear that they are building their own Starship
No, they aren't building it. I suppose this idea was quickly forgotten, but I remember that I saw such a headline long ago, but can't find any information about it now. Russia may not try to build a rocket at all, they must realize they aren't in the Soviet Union that managed to be a decent participant in that space race. Now the times have changed.
I don`t think that Russia will ever be able to build a ship that can be compared with Starship. I guess russians will never be able to compared with China in space exploration area.
And how many countries made the Concorde or Space Shuttle work?
I assume the edition of Starship that is going to be sent to Mars might be the most challenging version of spacecraft ever been built. I guess the Starship versions we see now are really far from the version that will be sent to the red planet.
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Same reason as the US, it is a jobs program. There was crappy science out of the Salyut/Mir program. The US was hoping to learn from it during Shuttle Mir and found out there was little. The cosmonauts didn't like following the protocols.
https://naukatehnika.com/sistemu-dlya-obespecheniya-myagkoj-posadki-kosmicheskih-korablej.html
The enthusiast proposes to solve the problem of planting through the use of various fibers, Kevlar, carbon, flexabit, UHWPE, ONNEX. The best option the author considers the use of heavy-duty and high-modul fibers (threads) of high-molecular polyethylene. Of course, ropes made of polyethylene should be protected by a special heat-resistant shell so as not to burn from the torch of the engines.
The insulation shell made of ceramic wool will serve as an additional buffer in contact with the rocket body. According to the author, he doubts that musk's mechanical arm will be able to more delicately grasp the rocket without damage. The mechanical arm of MECHAZILLA in the idea of SpaceX should make the girth of the rocket with greater accuracy of landing than the proposed technology semenov.
When working hands, the permissible deviations do not exceed 1 meter! The hand drive is powered by a single engine, and a mistake of a few meters can be fatal. And there is a problem with the great inertia of the entire structure, the ship will not be able to stand on its own supports and slowly reduce the speed to zero on them, most likely functionally this is not a trap, but an active platform at a height. They do not catch it, but give the ship the only chance that he himself could land on it.
All these shortcomings gave reason to think the author about a simpler solution...
An alternative option is an area of 500x500 meters, allowing the rocket to deflect up to 10 degrees! The trap actively accepts the missile without relying on the maneuvering of the missile itself. According to the author of the idea, the system will cost no more than one missile, but will last for decades. The system is essentially a huge station with the kinematics of a parallel robot, which was patented. This gives a gain in reliability, carrying capacity and allows you to use the system in different weather conditions. As the engineer Dahir Semenov specified, "Firstly, our ropes are able to actively escape from the torch of the engines during the passage of the ship through the trap window, and secondly, there are heat-resistant ceramic fabrics that hold high temperatures well and are not so easy to burn. I'm calm about this. In the carrying capacity of ropes, we are not limited at all, now there are fibers stronger than steel 15 times, it costs nothing to create special ropes for 1000 tons with a heat-resistant shell. "
One of the side advantages of using the system, according to the author, will be the absence of the need for retractable supports on the rocket, which will reduce the overall weight of the missiles. Braking of the missile trapped will be carried out hydraulically. Dampers of special design will provide the minimum reverse acceleration that is possible mathematically at a given speed and braking distance.
The new trap system is replaceable, it has a dozen different tools for different occasions, can change them ten times a day and take ten different ships. It is potentially possible to launch from the same stations of "soft landing".
View: https://youtu.be/j6Ttx8u1dKk
Lots of things could have flown before Falcon if they had proper support.
Yup. Where's my Jupiter IRBM-derived battlefield troop transport rocket???
Not that they gave up on the wing re-usable feature which is why we are getting krylo-sv and Irkut.
In the hanger next to the Orion battleships.
