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Soyuz FG fails during ascent – Soyuz MS-10 crew safe after ballistic entry abort
The Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, launched their Soyuz MS-10 crew vehicle with two new crewmembers that were set for the International Space Station. However, the launch – which took place on Thursday at 0840 UTC from Baikonur – failed a few minutes into flight. Soyuz MS-10 was then aborted on a ballistic entry, before safely landing downrange of the launch site.
The crewed Soyuz, which would normally ferry three people to the Station, was carrying a reduced crew complement as part of Russia's initiative to keep their total crew presence on Station to just two until the launch, late next year, of their primary science lab, Nauka.
However, those plans are unlikely to apply now Soyuz MS-10 has failed to arrive at the ISS, with the Soyuz FG likely to be grounded for some time as a State Commision invesigation[sic] takes place.
Also at The Verge, Reuters, and CNN, and CBS.
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Thursday October 11 2018, @10:47PM (2 children)
That is interesting.. Would having a positive relationship with one-party Russia harm or hurt us when/if they finally break free? I recall articles from a while back where Russia was working on their own great firewall, this could significantly hamper their chances to break free I would assume.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Thursday October 11 2018, @11:38PM (1 child)
I don't think we'll have any problem with that at this point. Like I said, even Trump has not brought the two nations much closer together. We've repeatedly imposed sanctions on Russia this year.
Other Western countries are pretty much on the same page. For example, the UK [bellingcat.com].
I don't think a firewall is going to do much. Russians aren't like the Chinese. There is significant support for United Russia, but plenty of opposition as well. It's just not very cohesive in the face of Putin. But they will become emboldened.
Putin is likely to retire or die at some point. He could retire as early as 2024. That event alone will be very risky for United Russia. A Putin successor might not have anywhere near the popular support of Putin, and might not have the balls to do whatever it takes to win. Meanwhile, Russia faces some economic problems while population growth is low and the population is getting older. Check out a population pyramid [wikipedia.org]. Many people will be hitting retirement age soon.
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(Score: 2) by legont on Friday October 12 2018, @12:35AM
Right now Russian stock market has Schiller P/E 6 and dividend yield 7%. A typical model would estimate an average return of 25-30% annual in dollar index terms over the next 10 years.
Here is (an amateurish) example of an estimate https://www.gurufocus.com/global-market-valuation.php?country=RUS [gurufocus.com]
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.