Main Engine Cut Off

Some thoughts on where we are now that Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as head of Roscosmos, and that NASA and Roscosmos have signed a seat exchange agreement for future flights to the ISS.

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Topics

• Rogozin Out, Seat Swaps In – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• The trampoline is now international: NASA and Roscosmos agree to seat swap | Ars Technica
• Parabolicarc.com on Twitter: “A little late to this, but my guess is Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov is being shunted off to Roscomos due to poor performance in Ukraine of the military industrial complex he oversaw. Putin periodically says nice things about space program but really doesn't seem to care.”

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