Roscosmos to merge with URSC conglomerate

[woods170]

Meanwhile, in other Russian news:

http://spacenews.com/putin-approves-roscosmos-merger-with-conglomerate/

The result of all this is that there is now a single entity that is responsible for just about every major aspect of Russia space, ranging from policy to production and just about everything in-between.

[Danderman]

I am sure that this is going to result in much innovative work in developing new applications for commercial space.


 

[sdsds]

Wouldn't this be sort of like merging the Russian Ground Forces into Kalashnikov? 

[Lars-J]

I am sure that this is going to result in much innovative work in developing new applications for commercial space.

Sarcasm, I hope.

[Prober]

I am sure that this is going to result in much innovative work in developing new applications for commercial space.

Sarcasm, I hope.

Is that how you read it?  Danderman is a hard "read"