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Offline B. Hendrickx

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Roskosmos to become state corporation
« on: 01/22/2015 07:04 pm »
Another management shake-up in the Russian space programme : Roskosmos chief Oleg Ostapenko has been relieved of his duties and replaced by ORKK chief Igor Komarov. Roskosmos and ORKK will merge as the Roskosmos State Corporation under the leadership of Komarov. 

Here is Anatoly Zak's summary :
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/centers_industry_2010s.html#2015


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Re: Roskosmos to become state corporation
« Reply #1 on: 01/23/2015 11:26 am »
There's more background information in this piece:

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/turf-war-seen-at-heart-of-russian-space-industry-shake-up/514799.html

Centralisation may work for them to some degree, as it did for Rosatom. Not sure if the corruption will actually get worse or not, seems more like a fact of life there.

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