Putin aims to have Russian space station by 2027

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LOL yeah, and Ukraine was going to fall in 3 days.
So they plan to invade whatever station is up there at that time and try to claim as their own?
Sadly, most of the skilled workers needed for this project were pressed into military service, and got blown up in Ukraine.
Nice aim. Also nice aim to take Ukraine in 3 days. I aim to be successful in 2027 but we all know I'm going to continue to be sad, alone and a faillure.
Best we can do is Russian ground station.
Hahahaha…… oh wait, he’s serious..?
- "let me laugh even harder!"
- He plans on Putin it up there.
That'll be the day tank turrets can fly... oh wait...
- You'd still need to do a circularization burn.
  
  They're so efficient they do the burn on the way up before they even need to.
Yeah, good luck with that.
The ISS is ageing and Tiangong is still quite small, so this is badly needed. Unfortunately in the current political climate it is unlikely that Western countries will want to join this project, so Russia might have issues funding the entire station.
- Not to mention, they’re gonna have a hell of a time building anything like that without western electronic components, because I don’t see that faucet being turned back on anytime soon.
- That’s kind of the point. Russia already announced withdrawing from ISS and said they would build their own. The Soviets did build a couple small space stations back in the day, leading up to ISS so in theory they just need to dust off the plans and gather any spare parts. Even if that was it, I can’t see this happening
  
  If I remember correctly, the Soviet space programme used to always build a backup. If the original worked, the backup would be maintained and then used on another mission, or used to train cosmonauts. So Mir's backup became the ISS's core module, and so on. So they should have some modules already built, and of course they have launch vehicles. The problem will be funding.
  Anyway, NASA + ESA + Japan + Canada are planning another space station, but in lunar orbit.
How many holes will it have?
Something tells me Putin won't be around anymore by 2027...
Or someone could just colorize and upscale that photo of Komarov's charred corpse and call it a day before anyone gets hurt
Does he have enough money for that? Or might he expect to be rich as soon as he plunders the war torn ukraine.
From where will it all launch? Where does the technology come from if they still cannot produce in house? Who will pay?
Is he going to “invade” a Chinese station and call it a victory?
that's assuming he still has a country in 2027
- That's assuming Putin is still alive in 2027.
They’re gonna need to steal a looooot of washing machines
I hope he is man enough and files on the inaugural mission
Ah. Planting the trees who's shade he'll never enjoy.
- More like "election coming up soon, need to look like a strong, innovative leader of a successful country"
Just imagine the size of the crater it will leave on the moon.
- Missing the target by a distance roughly equal to the combined diameter of all planets in our solar system would be very on brand for Russian tech.
Heheh they'll need a full complement of crew to do nothing but stick their fingers in leaks.

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