To that point, I sold my non-clean 1988 735iL last year for $500. Engine was still rock solid even with 200k on it but the rest of the car was a total shit show.

Drive like a champion, it’s almost the weekend!

Apologies for missing that. I have been away as a regular poster for so long that I forgot that original posts are not editable. Moreover, I was careless for not perusing the entirety of the thread.

Also, given the relative anonymity of the web, I’ll be completely candid. Any “error,” whether deemed as such or…

I didn’t see anything in Penguin’s comment stating that there is/was absolute zero corruption in NASA, but good on you for getting defensive, jumping to conclusions, and making an ass of yourself. Your straw man argument does nothing to take away from the opinion brought up that China’s level of corruption would keep…

But how many of the other countries are privately owned? Granted a argument can be made that Russia should be called Putinania but still.

Technically I think Trump is taking the Russia approach. Don’t forget that this kind of talk was Soviet bread and butter for the better part of a century

GDP of Putin is more than that.

Mr. Speaker, we are for the Jedi :)

Simple propaganda.
Russian politicians spew more shit out of their mouth than Bruce Greene after OD’ing on Chipotle.

HA!

Because the Kremlin thinks says it’s on-par with SpaceX’s capabilities.

Don’t count out India. They have demonstrated that you don’t need “mucho grana” to get the job done.  I suspect they will quickly become the dominant low cost to orbit space program.

The cheapness is due to development costs amortized over 40 years. That is like saying VW can produce a $3K car by continuing to produce the Beetle Type 2. The rocket will get people to space and the Soyuz will get people back to Earth safely, but the equipment is not suited for missions into deep space.

Russia’s reputation in the international launch market is built on decades-old but relatively cheap and highly reliable rockets. The problem is that their reliability has been slipping of late, and if SpaceX can get re-usability working well, then he has the capability to undercut Russian vehicles on cost while at…

Elon and Donald are buddies now, so I’m sure this is a friendly rivalry

Goodbye, Mr. Lukashevich.

I see Russia is taking the Trump approach of only talking about themselves and how they do things better.

The problem is that while riding a motorbike, you can do everything right and still get hurt. So you don’t just have to be good, you have to be lucky too. I am generally not a lucky man.