Back in 2014, as our relations with Russia began deteriorating, Congress threatened not to purchase any more RD-180 rocket engines from them (actually we still needed dozens of them, & did purchase those, in order to keep our Atlas 5 flying.). A key Russian space official, Dmitry Rogozin (who now is currently the head of Russia`s Space Agency), shot back with the remark - "Perhaps the US. astronauts should use a trampoline to reach the International Space Station" Well yesterday, at a post launch news conference, Elon Musk showed some wit as he joked - "The trampoline is working" He was not sure that everyone understood his joke, but many of us did. Due to my own competitiveness, I always appreciate some "games man ship." -- joe rao _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sun May 31 2020 - 11:13:25 UTC
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