Russian space ambitions hobbled by economic reality

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Moscow is abandoning plans to design and build a two-stage Rus-M carrier rocket that would have replaced the aging Soyuz by 2015.
Citing budgetary constraints, Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin told Russian legislators the space agency "did not need a new rocket" and would continue using those already in service.


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Popovkin also downplayed Russia
 
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