Dmitry Rogozin lost his position as head of Roscosmos

[Legend]

There are persistent rumors in Russian press and on Telegram that Dmitry Rogozin will be sacked from his leadership position at Roscosmos. He would be replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov. None of this is confirmed.https://t.co/DhZU1SgWr8

— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) July 13, 2022

[kitler53]

i don't have the background to know what you are talking about.   is this a space thing?

[the-pi-guy]

i don't have the background to know what you are talking about.   is this a space thing?

Kind of like Russia's NASA?

[kitler53]

Kind of like Russia's NASA?

was guessing as such but i'm still missing a ton of context here.   what did the one guy do that would get him sacked and what would the new guy say about putin's whims for the future.   given the geopolitical context i'm aware of i'll guess the first guy wanted to conduct scientific exploration of space and the next guy wants to militarize space.   

[Legend]

i don't have the background to know what you are talking about.   is this a space thing?

He's the head of Russia's space program. In general he has seemingly been really bad for the program and has been accused of embezzling billions. Also he's been very "outspoken" since the invasion of Ukraine.







Normally space is "above" Earth conflicts, such as the Apollo Soyuz mission in 1975.

was guessing as such but i'm still missing a ton of context here.   what did the one guy do that would get him sacked and what would the new guy say about putin's whims for the future.   given the geopolitical context i'm aware of i'll guess the first guy wanted to conduct scientific exploration of space and the next guy wants to militarize space.   

Current guy used nukes as his twitter background so definitely not that.

[the-pi-guy]

Terrible stuff.

[kitler53]

@Legend

well i do remember the "nuke" tweet.  that was pretty big news for a day there.  sounds like the guy is an arse and replacing him is a good thing.   

[Legend]

Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos (Updated) | Ars Technica

Good that he's out, but I doubt the new guy is better.

[Legend]

Third one was today.