Dmitri Rogozin compared the achievements of the Russian space agency with the paintings of the great artists of the Renaissance.
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has valued the opinion of the head of the Roscosmos aerospace agency, Dmitri Rogozin, who wrote this week the Russian Soyuz spacecraft is still the most profitable way of taking people to the International Space Station (ISS).
The founder of Tesla turned to Twitter to praise the text that Rogozin published after the launching from SpaceX’s Crew Dragon ship and recognized the need to appreciate the space developments that the Soviet Union accomplished.
Musk reacted in this way to a post by journalist Eric Berger, who quoted an excerpt from the Russian high office column and noted that his favorite part of that article was comparing Roscosmos’ achievements with paintings by great Renaissance artists.
Quite a piece! I should credit Soviet / Russian engine work in the 80’s as being a factor in deciding to switch from H2 to CH4. They demonstrated excellent performance on test stands, with Isp up to 380 secs.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 10, 2020
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“Like Leonardo da Vinci’s paintings, Michelangelo and Titian are priceless Because they are unique and owned by humanity, the opportunity Roscosmos gives Americans to keep the opportunity to fly to bring astronauts to the ISS is priceless, “wrote Dmitri Rogozin.
Elon Musk called his opinion column “good stuff” and admitted it was worth it. “pay tribute” to developments in engines that the USSR manufactured during the 80s because, thanks to them, SpaceX decided to do without hydrogen and uses as a fuel a mixture of liquid methane and oxygen.
“This is your war”
In a collaboration for Forbes magazine, Dmitri Rogozin noted that “it would be appropriate to thank” Soviet developers and Russian engineers They continued modernizing the Soyuz manned spacecraft, which the Americans used to fly to the ISS following the closure of their space shuttle program.
The head of the Russian space agency also emphasized that with that launch “Elon Musk did not ruin” the mood of the Russians, “but that of his compatriots from the Boeing company, by overtaking them with the start of flight tests.”
“This is their war, not ours,” Rogozin concluded, recalling that the Russian space transportation system has been working “for a long time” and “is constantly evolving” as Russia creates “a new and improved ship.”
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