WHILE THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION CUTS FUNDING FOR NASA AND THE UNITED STATES SPACE PROGRAM, RUSSIA RAMPS UP THEIRS. Perhaps the Russians see the importance of being the dominant force in space. TOO BAD OUR LEADERS DON'T !!!!!



Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday that Russia would earmark $790 million to kick off the construction of a new cosmodrome to ease Russian dependence on a Soviet-era launch site in Kazakhstan.

"The government has made a decision to earmark 24.7 billion rubles ($790 million) over the next three years for the start of the full-blown construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome," Putin said in televised remarks at a government meeting.

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