How Geopolitics and Stagnation Grounded the Russian Space Giant

How Geopolitics and Stagnation Grounded the Russian Space Giant

For more than six decades, the Russian space program has stood as a paragon of resilience, often operating on shoestring budgets to deliver reliable transport

The Red Star Fades: How Geopolitics and Stagnation Grounded the Russian Space Giant

For more than six decades, the Russian space program has stood as a paragon of resilience, often operating on shoestring budgets to deliver reliable transport to low Earth orbit when other nations could not. However, a convergence of crippling economic sanctions, technical obsolescence, and the catastrophic loss of commercial revenue streams has brought Roscosmos to a precipice. According to a startling report by Newsweek, the Russian Federation…