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1. Starprophet1 (starprophet1@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Monday, 04-Mar-2024 13:11:24 JST Starprophet1

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   Each Soyuz booster has a single engine (with 4 chambers). So they cannot throttle down.

   They have no grid fins, nor the kind of heat shielding to land. (Even though the Russians know how to build that stuff, they have hypersonic missiles in the MaRV, HGV, and HCM range.)

   The Russians do have the engineering talent, but they lack the proper leadership. They need to start developing reusable rocket stages right-the-fuck now. The Chinese know this, that's why they're copying Elon.