Re: Will Russians rule space?

From: Durak Avstraliiski (a_at_b.c)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 04:28:43 +1100

"Ed Kyle" <edkyle99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1106929259.989033.246370@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> stevejdufour@yahoo.com wrote:
>> Space Watch: The Russians are coming
>> By Robert Zimmerman
>> UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
>>
>> Russia's space program soon became by far the country's most
> successful
>> export product. By 2000, it had grabbed a significant share of the
>> private commercial launch market with its Proton, Dnepr, Zenit and
>> Soyuz rockets, and by last year it was so successful its rockets
>> launched more than 45 percent of all spacecraft, more than any other
>> nation and 50 percent more than the U.S. market share.
>>
>
> Mr. Zimmerman failed to mention that seven of
> last year's 24 Russian/Ukrainian-built rocket
> launches were performed by international firms
> that are jointly owned by U.S. companies.
> (Sea Launch is 40% Boeing, ILS is 50% Lockheed.)
> This included 4 of 7 Proton launches and all
> three Zenit 3SL launches. They may be Russian
> rockets, but Russian companies don't get 100%
> of the revenues. The same will be true of the
> Kourou arrangement.
>
> Perhaps the launch business model will come to
> resemble the hardware/software world, where
> hardware companies scramble to make small profits
> from diminishing revenues while software companies
> profit from growing revenues made available by
> cheap hardware. In these joint launch companies,
> the Russians and Ukrainians are producing the
> hardware. The U.S. and European companies are
> handing the launch services "software".
>
> - Ed Kyle

There is no software.

How about EU and Russian companies puting US aeronautics and space business
out of business.

PS. If you want to compete in software, you have to compete with Indians.
Wanna try?

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