@KrisSchnee Maybe they want a fast recovery of the crew and the capsule (the reusable Return Vehicle which can stay a limited time on the water surface in the middle of the ocean).
Chief designer at Russia's prime piloted spacecraft developer made a few interesting remarks at a conference last week. For one, the return of future crew missions to ISS orbit prompted another look at exotic sea-gliding rescue vehicles descending from Soviet-era "sea monsters":
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This is my video of the explosion of the Blue Origin New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral’s pad LC-36 a short time ago. Includes video & audio from roughly 5 miles away near Jetty Park. That was an absolutely enormous explosion! 🤯
Note: Thankfully, Blue says all staff are OK.
Russia's oil giant Gazprom is selling its satellite production & mission control center. The move is portrayed as getting rid of "non-core assets" even though just 2 years ago, Gazprom promised observation and communications satellite families, whose fate is now unclear.
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@derek_mcla20722 It is developed at RKTs Progress in Samara, which is the prime contractor for the Soyuz family of rockets, and its management wants to emphasize the continuation of that legacy.