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@Burning Bush, they are just honestly doing their job without chest-beating, self-boosterism and stupid boasting of American style.

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Space docking is clearly a Russian thing.

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Astronauts board the ISS via Russian rockets and supplies arrive via Japanese ones. Sadly, America can no longer afford a manned space program.

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Space X will carry the next generation of American astronauts.

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they are just honestly doing their job without chest-beating, self-boosterism and stupid boasting of American style.

They haven't had much reason to for a long while; they haven't been first since launching Yuri Gagarin into outer space back in 1961.

Sadly, America can no longer afford a manned space program.

They're preparing to go to Mars

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They haven't had much reason to for a long while; they haven't been first since launching Yuri Gagarin into outer space back in 1961.

Seriously? First woman in space (Tereshkova, 1963), first man in open space (Leonov, 1965), first lunar rover (Lunokhod, 1970), extensive Venus research program, permanent space stations, very successful present program - nothing to be really proud of? Or may be you think again?

They're preparing to go to Mars

On what?

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Seriously? First woman in space (Tereshkova, 1963), first man in open space (Leonov, 1965), first lunar rover (Lunokhod, 1970), extensive Venus research program, permanent space stations, very successful present program - nothing to be really proud of? Or may be you think again?

OK, then move 1961 to 1970; still awhile ago. And it is successful, but nowadays it's more like sustaining. Haven't really done much beyond that. Europe sending crafts to Mars; heck even Japan going to comets sampling dust. Russians have some of the smartest astrologers, but world haven't heard much breakthroughs lately.

They're preparing to go to Mars

On what?

They're working on that too. They don't expect to go there by the end of a decade like they did with the moon (and they didn't have a mooncraft at the start of that too, but at the end they developed one).

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And it is successful, but nowadays it's more like sustaining. Haven't really done much beyond that

Well, when you start to do something, then everything is for the first time and everything is a breakthrough. Eventually it becomes a routine, everyday business, and you can't expect breakthrough frequently. For example, I have not heard much of breakthroughs in aircraft, ships or car industries in decades, not because they stopped evolving, but because they are so developed now that it is hard to bring something really new. And don't forget, in 90s Russian space industry had horrible times after collapse of the Soviet Union, almost all funding stopped, it revived only circa 2008-10. And now Russians have space program that works on everyday basis, they have ISS and send cosmonauts there every year. How many space stations and active cosmonauts other countries have?

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Yes, Russia space program went thru some tough times. Let's just hope Russia doesn't forget its space-exploring roots since we don't hear much from their astrologers. Can never have enough of those.

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