• HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    Roscosmos shared footage of the launch, which showed part of the launchpad collapse into an exhaust trench below as a result of the rocket’s blast.

    Whelp, guess that’s the end of things for a bit. It’ll be interesting to see where Pootin manages to dig up the millions he’ll need for repairs.

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      14 hours ago

      Where? The same place where any “esteemed leader” takes money: from the citizens’ pockets.

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          Russia isn’t socialist. Defenestrated oligarch pocket’s content moves to the next oligarch in line.

          But calling them oligarchs isn’t correct. In Russia those people don’t control the government as oligarchs should by definition, they are just temporary wardens of the objects and in charge only while the tsar is pleased with them.

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            7 hours ago

            I mean that is exactly where the US is heading and has been for years. A lot of people would be shocked to know how many ties our 3 letter spooks have to wall street and the tech sector.

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      14 hours ago

      They’ll find it, their space program is one of the few things going well for Russia, and there’s too much prestige on the line.