/sci/ - Science & Math

I'm surprised that Kazakhstan is still allowing Russia to launch from Baikonur.
They have been distancing themselves from Russia pretty hard recently so it'll be interesting to see how it develops further.

>>12707159
Soyuz never betrays us like this. Take the slav-pill

There is a Soyuz launch this month, multiple in fact.

>>11628179
>Defence has never needed justification in terms of civilian space programs.
Not justification but support, which is why the space race was a providence. Each side improving the technology of early ICBM with human payload.
As said by both of us, only from Apollo did the US built a civilian spaceship solely to plant flag.

>MRV/MIRV/MARV are better than a single larger yield device.
Separate projectiles, same launch vehicle. Bigger payload = more warhead. That doesn't change the point.

>The CEP of crewed vehicles is atrocious by ICBM standards.
Unlike ICBM, crewed vehicle care about bringing the payload alive. That you don't consider this SIGNIFICANT is simply disingenuous.
Again that doesn't change the technology improved because of higher stake.

>ICBMs being mainly solid fueled
...only starting from 1960-65 late into the space race and that was the first generation as both side were experimenting recklessly. Again calling that "mainly" is disingenuous in our context. It's only late in the 80s that solid fuel became very popular, mostly for the US and mainly because of submarine launch.
The Russian Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) you mentioned (then deleted) was based on liquid-fuel ICBM
Apparently Russia do plan a new ICBM liquid-fueled for 2021. Not counting that Project pluto expy.

So because I'm tired of this can we at least agree:
- The space race started with missiles development.
- Civilian rocket development are born out of liquid-fueled ICBM.
- while ICBM shifted mostly to solid-fuel by the peak of the space race.

>Space Shuttle Main Engine.
My bad, I confused which design the RS-25 was based on. The Shuttle was still made bigger as a requirement from the Air Force.