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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
The head of Russia's space agency on Saturday accused Elon Musk's SpaceX of predatory pricing for space launches, which is pushing Russia to cut its own prices. "Instead of honest competition on the market for space launches, they are lobbying for sanctions against us and use price dumping with impunity," Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin wrote on Twitter.
Rogozin, who is often outspoken on Twitter and previously engaged in online banter with Elon Musk, on Friday raised the issue during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
He said the Roscosmos space agency "is working to lower prices by more than 30 percent on launch services to increase our share on the international markets." "This is our answer to dumping by American companies financed by the US budget," he said. The market price of a SpaceX launch is $60 million, but NASA pays up to four times that amount, he said.
Musk responded to the criticism Saturday by saying on Twitter: "SpaceX rockets are 80% reusable, theirs are 0%. This is the actual problem."
(Score: 4, Insightful) by sorokin on Monday April 13 2020, @06:12PM
I find it very embarrassing every time Rogozin open his mouth and speak. I'm pretty sure many other (majority?) Russians think the same. Sadly, I have to agree with you, he acts like a clown. What is worse — he knows nothing about the industry he is a head of. He was graduated as a journalists and whole his career he was a politician.
I remember everybody were very puzzled when Putin appointed Rogozin to be a head of Roskosmos. But should anyone be surprised when the biggest oil company in the country is run by a philologist?