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russia s space director in a tweet saying the rockets are more beautiful prompting former nasa astronaut kelly to say your program won t be be worth a damn. maybe find a job at mcdonald s if mcdonald s still exists in russia. the space program has always risen above geopolitical issuesing on the ground, if you will. putting a huge impact and hampers u.s. relations on the space program. reporter: in retaliation russia will no longer supply the u.s. with rd 180. a major engine used in several american rockets russia s space director saying on russian state tv, let them fly on something else. their broomsticks. how does russia s refusal to supply additional rockets affect u.s. efforts? several companies throughout the country developing new
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond said should a year-long continuing resolution come to pass, the disruption for sat launches would "ripple" for years.
washington s use of sanctions. to deliver heavy payloads into space, satellites with classified missions, the u.s. air force employs the atlas v system. the contract was awarded to a joint venture between lockheed martin and boeing to purchase engines. but the engines that ula uses in the atlas v system are manufactured by a kremlin controlled entity called npo. the engines are rd-180. powered in part by liquid oxygen and fetch 15 to $20 million apiece, the russian space sector is overseen by the deputy prime minister of the russian federal racing and a long-time putin ally and one of the officials name in the sanctions announced on march 17th. there s an impetus for ula to