Capitalism Wins Again: Russia May Lack Funds to Compete with SpaceX

[Weatherman2020]

Russia may lack the funds to compete with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.

“The development of new boosters is doubtful from a practical perspective.”

You’d think by now that the Russians would have learned that the only way to beat capitalism is with more capitalism, but no.

 

[shockedcanadian]

USA! USA!

Now time for the EU and Canada to learn. Thank you Mr. Trump, you have no idea how much I appreciate your efforts. It's personal for me, but these little victories (by their failures) still deserve to be celebrated.

 

[Natural Citizen]

We just print money. lol.

That's not capitalism.

 

[kiwiman127]

Russia’s economy is a cocktail of conservative macroeconomic policy, state and crony capitalism a blend of protectionism and efficient authoritarianism, said Anders Aslund, PhD, member of the Atlantic Council and CASE.
Russia's crony capitalism is stagnant and stable | | Central European Financial Observer
And yes, we have "crony capitalism" in the US.

 

[SobieskiSavedEurope]

Eh, Nazis, and Soviets beat the larger U.S.A into space because they invested in it.