United States rejoices in victory: Musk mocked head of Russian space agency

This weekend SpaceX made history: it took two American astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). You can read more about this event and see HERE.

After the success of the private company SpaceX and NASA, experts quickly stated that this news does not promise anything good for the Russian space agency Roskosmos.

Its boss, Dmitry Rogozin, congratulated NASA and SpaceX on their success briefly and without much excitement, but many experts agree that Russia is not really happy about that.

If, after almost 10 years, American astronauts begin to fly out of American territory into space, Roscosmos will lose a lot of money. And it is very likely that SpaceX will take over this Roskosma feature.

How did Rogozin laugh at the United States and what did Elon say now?

Let’s go back to 2014. For three years, the United States has closed the Shuttle program and the Americans have been flying alone from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the Soyuz spacecraft.

Speaking of all the letters from the Russian side and the leader of Roskosma, D. Rogozin, speaking of the ability of the USA. USA To fly astronauts into space, he sarcastically stated that “the US can also send astronauts to TKS and let’s use a trampoline.”

This bitter pill had to be swallowed in the United States until last weekend, when a Crew Dragon capsule flew to TKS and landed with two American astronauts.

Elonas Muskas did not hide his joy and said very briefly and clearly: “the trampoline works”.

Dmitry Rogozin in 2014: “The United States should use a springboard to reach space” @Elon Musk 2020: “The springboard is working 🤣” pic.twitter.com/OKu4JF5i0M

– Pranay Pathole (@PPathole) May 31, 2020

It is true that Roskosmos welcomed SpaceX, although with great caution. “We really don’t understand the hysteria caused by the launch of the Crew Dragon spacecraft,” said his spokesman Vladimir Ustimenko, adding that “something that should have happened a long time ago has happened.”

Rogozin’s allegations of dishonesty

Long before the Crew Dragon’s flight, in April this year, Rogozin accused SpaceX of dishonestly reducing flight costs.

“Instead of fair competition in the space flight market, they are pressuring us and taking advantage of price dumping with impunity,” Rogozin wrote.

Rogozin also added that his space agency was working to “reduce space launch costs by 30%. And thus increase our participation in international markets.”

Musko’s answer to why SpaceX could cut space flight prices so sharply was very specific: SpaceX missiles account for 80%. reusable, “Roskosmos” – 0 percent. According to E. Musko, this is the real problem.