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Business, History, Space, Technology and Society, War Commentary

Putin’s Determination

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“The crisis is not merely that Russia is invading Ukraine; it is that Russia is invading Ukraine in particularly reckless, destructive, and catastrophic ways. It is as if Vladimir Putin is an obsessed and abusive lover, determined to destroy what he cannot possess.“

Business, History, Political Commentary, Space, Space History, Space Science, Technology and Society, War Commentary

Ukraine And Space

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Thoughts on the implications of the invasion, from Bob Zimmerman.

[Friday-morning update]

The repercussions of this for the space industry could be broad and unforeseeable.

It was always a mistake to make ourselves so reliable on Russian/Ukrainian hardware.

[Afternoon update]

Ukrainian invasions have affected our own space policies in the past.

As Jeff notes, if the Russians pull out of ISS, their human spaceflight program wouldn’t have much to do.

[Mid-afternoon update]

Yet.

[Saturday-morning update]

Eric Berger runs through the potential implications for space.

Business, Economics, History, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, War Commentary

The Ukraine Debacle

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…showcases Joe Biden’s failures.

[Thursday-afternoon update]

The Ukraine invasion was the result of a quarter century of appeasement.

[Update a couple minutes later]

From June through last month, I had been working with a bunch of young Ukrainians in Kiev (men and women). I suspect that some of them have enlisted. And the Russians are protesting the war in Moscow and St. Petersburg.