Putin OKs plan to turn Russian spacecraft into flying billboards

via arstechnica.com

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These are tough times for Russia’s civilian space program. In the last few years, Russia has cut back on the number of Soyuz crew missions it is sending to the International Space Station, and a replacement for the nearly 60-year-old Soyuz spacecraft remains elusive. While the United States and China are launching more space missions […]

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