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Originally Posted by drew_13
...but Russia hasn't been a significant space power for quite awhile. I mean they are one of only a handleful of countries to posses a space program but at the moment the two top powers are NASA and the ESA (European Space Agency). Also, with the ESA's latest plans, they're likely to take over dominance from the US considering NASA's current financial situation. Anybody interested should take a look at the ESA's "Aurora exploration program". It's a bit more organized and ambitious than any of NASA's current plans. Of course anything could happen in the next decade but the ESA is definately in the best position at the moment.
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No Russian Space stands the first up to now.
NASA or ESA has to catch up its tech for decades hereafter.
What retains Russian space development is its dissolution in 1990s, and of its present backawards economy, you know, but as for its space tech, I could only say : it's superb!