The Russian Space Program is Entering a Dark Age
By Henry Stewart ArsTechnica has posted an interesting piece on the decline of the Russian space capabilities, using references from Lenta.ru , a Moscow-based Russian language online newspaper. As outlined in the July 9th, 2018 ArsTechnica post, " Russian editor: Our space program is entering the 'Dark Ages' " Lenta.ru author/editor Andrei Borisov has captured: ...the fading zeitgeist of the Russian space program in a lengthy article on the new leader of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin , and the changes he has proposed. Dmitry Rogozin. Photo c/o Wikipedia . "(What) Rogozin is trying to create reminds one of the Dark Ages in Europe," Borisov writes on Lenta.Ru, where he serves as editor of science and technology. "In it, there is no place for modernization, there is only the mission of survival." The article catalogs current Russian efforts to develop newer, competitive rockets and modern spacecraft. But according to Borisov...