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The air-cushion icebreaker should assist in the construction of shallow-water oil and gas platforms in the Kara Sea, the Gulf of Ob and the Caspian Sea. Source: RIA Novosti / Vadim Zhernov RBTH The workhorses making to $700-800 million a year for the Russian space industry are the Proton and Soyuz carriers, which were developed during the Soviet era. Source: AP. The Sleeper sets the wake-up time and goes to sleep, and a random Budist will then call him/her when it’s time. Source: budist.ru Andrei Antonov made a museum from his own collection of Apple-devices. Source:Pressphoto The supercomputer will be constructed at the laboratories of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Similar models are already operating in the US and Japan. Source: AP. After the registration of Apple Rus the corporation is likely to start direct wholesale sales in Russia in 2013. Source: Anton Belitskiy / RIA Novosti Russian crewmembers return to ISS Contracts for six launches signed under Sea Launch program
Russia to develop an a new air-cushion icebreaker Russia faces competition in space

Russia faces competition in space

Delivering a couple of tons of cargo into near-earth orbit is a lucrative business. Russia has been the leader in the global market for commercial space launches due to a careful cost-benefit analysis.
By Natalia Mikhaylenko
RBTH

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August 28, 2012
Tags: space, technology, roscosmos

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