Tensions aside: US to take delivery of 4 rocket engines from Russia. Despite political tensions here on Mother Earth, Russian-American cooperation in space still persists. The US will take delivery of four Russian-built engines crucial for its Atlas rockets, with several more to come. Four RD-180 rocket engines built by Russia’s NPO Energomash have been commissioned for the US buyers, the manufacturer said in a news release. “On October 26, 2018, Pratt & Whitney, United Launch Alliance and RD AMROSS singed the engine log books,” it reads.
Prior to the handover, Pratt & Whitney and United Launch Alliance (ULA) checked the engines along with NASA and US Air Force experts to ensure they are of good quality. The RD-180s are now ready to be shipped out, and this is not a one-of-a-kind purchase. rt.com/news/442822-us-rocket-engines-russia/
I guess business comes first capitalism always wins
Joseph Thomas
Not slow at all. Americans sucking Russian dick in rapid speed in order to get Russian rockets.
Josiah Cooper
>Americans sucking Russian dick
What are you fucking gay?
Adam Gonzalez
RD-180 was a good engine but it's outdated. The only American rocket that uses it is the Atlas V and it's set to be retired in the next few years. Replaced by Vulcan which will use American BE-4 engines.
Also SpaceX is set to launch it's first crewed flight aboard the Falcon 9 early next year, ending US reliance on the Soyuz for access to the ISS.
James Gonzalez
No I hate gays. But Americans are the biggest cock suckers on the planet Earth. They like cowards, who impose sanctions only on shit they don't need. Otherwise they slide under the table and suck Russia's cock and swallow in rapid successions.
Landon Jones
BETOS CAMPAGIN OFFICE TALKING ABOUT PLANS TO HELP CARAVAN ILLEGALS TO VOTE IN THE ELECTION
Are you the same faggot that's always posting about the SU's? Kek
Elijah Moore
poo in the loo
Chase Thomas
She's just some schtizophrenic that thinks she can convince Jow Forums to want to pick a fight between the US and Russia. Like we're supposed to hate each other for working together on the ISS.
billions of units sold, how about the su57? none because it got cancelled lmao, stay mad vatnik i cant wait until israel destroys the s300s and exposes slavshit technology forever
>1917 Year of the Russian revolution. >2002 Year of the Hindu revolution >5 The 5 points of the Indo-Soviet co-operation treaty 1917-5-2002 Checked. Based and Redpilled!
Juan Bennett
Russian rockets are shit. This whole post is obvious bait.
Ethan Davis
you know that when Civil War breaks out soon in your shithole niggers and latinos will be killing you like flies.
Aiden Green
>Russian rockets are shit. So why you are sucking Russian cock and buying it.
Three more rocket engines will be supplied later in November. And in April, the US bought four more engines from Russia, according to Energomash. The United Launch Alliance, a joint company owned by Lockheed Martin and Boeing, has relied on Energomash RD-180 engines for years to power the Atlas V rocket. They recently ordered 20 engines from Energomash despite economic sanctions imposed on Russia. Aside from RD-180 engines, the US buys RD-181s from Russian manufacturers. The RD-181 is used to propel Antares rockets that launch Cygnus cargo tugs to the International Space Station for NASA.
we'll start listening to you when you cut the memeflag shit while calling others cowards, otherwise sage
Austin Hill
International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is a good way to compete with China's silk road initiatives. youtube.com/watch?v=w8IX4QleQbM youtube.com/watch?v=to8Rq3HyUaM It is 50% faster and 50% cheaper then using the Suez Canal and is free from Chinese's naval surveillance. India used to to ship products extensively along this route during the Soviet area.
Charles Phillips
LMAO I don't even live in America you tryhard ruski wannabe pekka.
When the US introduced its initial set of restrictions against Moscow, space exploration was excluded. As NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said, “when other channels of communication break down, nations can still communicate on space exploration and space discovery and science.” NASA has been doing its utmost to cut its dependency on Russian engines and to produce a viable alternative to the dual-nozzle, kerosene-fueled RD-180s, but to no avail so far. And while some Russian officials have at times vowed to ban the rocket engine sales, they are continuing.
Space is one of the few areas of Russia-US cooperation that remains relatively unscathed by political tensions. “We’re all breathing the same air. We can draw borders, but from space you can’t see them,” NASA astronaut Douglas H. Wheelock said last year.
“In the US we have a sarcastic saying: ‘We can put a man on a Moon, but we cannot figure out how to get along with our Russian partners,” the New York native said after working at Russia’s Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City. rt.com/news/442822-us-rocket-engines-russia/
>When the US introduced its initial set of restrictions against Moscow, space exploration was excluded. >Cocksucking performed by Americans detected.
>all these Slavshits and burgers reeeeing US planes are good, their rockets are shit. Russian rockets are good, their planes are shit. French planes and rockets are better than both. :^)
