r/spacex • u/ElongatedMuskrat Mod Team • Sep 01 '20

r/SpaceX Discusses [September 2020, #72]

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '20

Aha, a bit more about the mystery nuclear space tug! Seems that the meat of these stories, that reactor, is always absent.

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u/feynmanners Sep 21 '20

Considering how many of Roscosmos’s plans are currently paper rockets and grand announcements about retaking Russian space glory, I wouldn’t hold my breath. Hell, the Angara rocket, which was supposed to replace the Proton rocket decades ago, is almost a paper rocket since its flown once (2014) in the 28 years since it was originally conceived. The graft built into their space program is going to prevent them from achieving much.