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By
Tom Balmforth
Russia Profile
04/14/2011
The run-up to the 50th anniversary of the first ever flight into space was rather short of glorious. The countdown to the landmark celebration was marred by delayed space launches, possible sackings in the Space Agency and, most embarrassingly, the crash of a rocket in December of 2010, which cost the Russian taxpayer 2.5 billion rubles. Last week Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced an increase in funding and reiterated ambitious plans for Russia’s space flights. But Roskosmos’ Chief Anatoly Perminov came back yesterday with a scathing verdict of the space program, in what may have been his last address to the Federation Council.
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By
Tom Balmforth
Russia Profile
04/14/2011
The run-up to the 50th anniversary of the first ever flight into space was rather short of glorious. The countdown to the landmark celebration was marred by delayed space launches, possible sackings in the Space Agency and, most embarrassingly, the crash of a rocket in December of 2010, which cost the Russian taxpayer 2.5 billion rubles. Last week Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced an increase in funding and reiterated ambitious plans for Russia’s space flights. But Roskosmos’ Chief Anatoly Perminov came back yesterday with a scathing verdict of the space program, in what may have been his last address to the Federation Council.
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