I confess, I did NOT have “Former NASA astronaut, now US Senator, gets into public Twitter slap-flight with head of Russian space program” on my 2022 Bingo card.
Best part was @StationCDRKelly delivering precision-calibrated insults in flawless Russian, while Rogozin, in return, was left blustering like a tongue-tied schoolboy in his usual fractured English.
But so sad, really. Rogozin, in sucking up to Putin, has effectively destroyed the future prospects of the Russian civil space program. No international partner will trust them going forward — and without int’l partners, they’re doomed.
