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Russia finally loses space race to the United States
english.pravda.ru — Russia’s and USA ’s activities in the field of space exploration do not differ much from each other. Russia has all necessary technologies and qualified specialists to hold the leadership in the space industry during the upcoming decades. But Russian space program suffers from lack of funding which puts the nation on the sixth place in the world.
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- skoda, on 07/03/2008, -1/+17Nice article, but didn't they already lose in 1969..?
- miriad, on 07/03/2008, -0/+6in some way yes but, you know, they still compete in some sectors
- alllo, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5I think that funding in such areas as space is key criteria... and it is impossible to compete without propper funding...
- miriad, on 07/03/2008, -0/+6in some way yes but, you know, they still compete in some sectors
- zohaibusman, on 07/03/2008, -1/+7USA Space program is more beneficiary for the world than the Russians.
That's why they lose. - JekJob, on 07/03/2008, -1/+6VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- m0n0kr0m3, on 07/03/2008, -2/+7I'd say give it another 5 years and the US just may be losing to CHina. Whose economy is in decline right now, and who is on the uptick?
- Badandy127, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1Whose GDP is quadruple China's? Oh yeah, ours...
- Dimanoff, on 07/03/2008, -1/+5Well, it's a simple game. The one who's got more $$$ wins. It a common rule to any kind of race
- Temlakos, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4"Do you know what makes your rocket ships go up? Funding makes your ships go up. No bucks, no Buck Rogers." From "The Right Stuff." Truer lines were never written for any movie.
- DeskFlyer, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2ಠ_ಠ
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