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Originally Posted by Pointman
As per russian sources (I failed to check it with NASA site, as it seem to have only future launches), russians have had 15 launches this year (2 of them failed) and USA only 7. EU has 4, China 3, India 2, Japan and Korean have 1. Russia is still dominating space country, even if some recent fails are concerning. It is the nature of business, that successful start makes no news and failed launch is so spectacular and interesting.
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Additional to the space program, aren't there planes falling out of the sky built by Russian Government programs?
I know the NASA corporate culture has a lot to learn, people have been very critical of it, however, I would be very interested in what the Russian counterpart is.