Russia's Moon And Mars Exploration Ambitions Hobbled By A Lack Of Money (phys.org)

MarkWhittington writes: Phys.Org reports that the ambitions of the Russian Space Agency continue to exceed its financial wherewithal to carry them out. A Russian rocket is due to launch the first element of the European ExoMars program, which consists of the Trace Gas Orbiter and the Italian-built Schiaparelli lander, in March. Both are due to arrive at Mars in October. After that, Russia's space exploration plans are a bit hazy, hobbled by a lack of money.

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Re:Invade Crimea and Ukraine, or go to Mars?

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...at gunpoint, in a non-transparent election that Putin admits the outcome of was decided before it even began.

Or in other words, no they didn't.

You seem to be confusing a pretend vote with an actual referendum. Here's some actual polling from just before Putin ran his pretend poll and held everyone in Crimea at gunpoint that shows that most people didn't actually want to be part of Russia:

http://www.cityam.com/blog/139...