Putin Praises Elon Musk, compares him to Korolev, father of Soviet space program
Sergei Korolev was a genius. I knew Korolev -- not by name but by reputation...Sputnik, Vostok, etc. Korolev was an intellectual hero of mine. Elon may think he's the reincarnation of Werner von Braun, but, believe me, he's no Korolev.
If Korolev hadn't died on the operating table, the Soviet Union might have beaten the United States to the moon. Those who came after him were fools. In comparison to them, a flea inhabiting Putin's poodle makes Musk look tiny.
Putin praises Elon Musk, compares him to father of Soviet space program
Putin has previously praised Musk, whose business interests include the SpaceX space technology company, as "an outstanding person."
By REUTERS
APRIL 16, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised Elon Musk, comparing him to Sergei Korolev, the chief engineer behind the Soviet Union's space success in the 1950s and 1960s, state news agency TASS reported.
TASS cited Putin, who was speaking on Russia's space policy at a meeting with students, as saying: "You know, there's a person who lives in the States, you could say that he's absolutely crazy about Mars."
It quoted him as drawing a comparison between Musk and Sergei Korolev, a Soviet engineer who was instrumental in the Soviet Union's success in sending Yuri Gagarin on the world's first crewed spaceflight in 1961.
Winning Putin's admiration
According to TASS, Putin said: "Such people rarely appear in the human population, charged with a certain idea. Even though it may seem incredible to me today, after a time such ideas are often realized."
Putin has previously praised Musk, whose business interests include the SpaceX space technology company, as "an outstanding person."
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The most powerful fellow owes him big money.
The most rich fellow owes him everything else.
https://www.amazon.com/Korolev-Masterminded-Soviet-Drive-America/dp/0471148539
From Astronautix:
Korolev's story was inextricably bound up in the deep passions and resentments of the three titans of Soviet space rocketry - Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, Vladimir Nikolayev Chelomei, and Valentin Petrovich Glushko. Each had his own patrons in the Kremlin hierarchy and Politburo. Each had been deeply scarred and mishandled by the Soviet system. Each was very sure that his technical and management approach was superior. The depth of their passions in their struggle for ascendancy can scarcely be imagined.
Korolev was born to a Russian literature teacher in the town of Zhitomir in the Ukraine. He was fascinated with aircraft at an early age and became a pilot. At the age of 17 he had designed his first glider, the K-5. After attending the Kiev Polytechnic Institute, he went on to the Moscow Higher Technical University (MVTU). There he was involved in design and construction of an increasingly ambitious series of gliders, culminating in the SK-4, designed for record duration flights in the stratosphere. He became interested in the possibilities of rocket-propelled aircraft and in September 1931, together with Tsander, founded the Moscow rocketry organization GIRD (Group for Investigation of Reactive Motion).
http://www.astronautix.com/k/korolev.html
Those fuckers are still holding the USS Pueblo, which, per GOOGLE/Wikipedia, was never decommissioned and remains the second-oldest commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy (after the USS Constitution), according to the Naval History and Heritage Command. It is now open near The Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in Pyongyang.
During a propaganda op, the US Navy ship’s officers sent a message via the universal language of photography to their then-captors:
Those who support the Constitution will appreciate their "Good Luck" middle finger salutes.
The rusty corroded gears in his decrepit mind turning out "outrage" bullshit almost as bad as the putrid POS polluting OUR White House.
"What can I say today to piss people off?" What a slimy worm.
Will Trump prove to be America’s Gorbachev?
Much like Mikhail Gorbachev's ‘reforms’ hastened the Soviet collapse, analysts say US President Donald Trump’s radical policies—on trade, foreign aid, and global alliances—may escalate America’s downward slide.
Abhishek G Bhaya
TRT world, (February 2025?)
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Eventually, ‘glasnost’ exposed deep-seated corruption, past government atrocities, and economic failures, fueling public dissent and nationalist movements that weakened Soviet unity. At the same time, ‘perestroika’ attempted partial economic and political reforms, but instead of revitalising the system, it led to economic turmoil, loss of central control, and the disintegration of Soviet influence.
Now, in the 21st century, a strikingly similar phenomenon is unfolding—not in Moscow, but in Washington. US President Donald Trump, much like Gorbachev, has set out to "Make America Great Again" through a radical overhaul of domestic and foreign policy. Yet, as he challenges the very institutions and alliances that have long upheld US supremacy, analysts suggest he may unwittingly hasten the decline of “American imperialism”.
“The most common similarity between Gorbachev and Trump, both representing the ruling elites, is their fight against the political systems of their respective countries through reforms,” Istanbul-based foreign policy and security analyst Elnur Ismayil tells TRT World.
“Gorbachev’s goal was to save the Soviet Union, but his policies sped up its collapse,” he notes.
The ‘reforms’ being pushed in the US can have a similar fallout.
“Similarly, Trump’s policies—though framed as making America ‘great again’—may actually hasten its decline by weakening institutions, straining alliances, and undermining economic stability,” adds Delhi-based geopolitical analyst Prashant Tandon.
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https://www.trtworld.com/us-and-canada/will-trump-prove-to-be-americas-gorbachev-18263712
PS: Some one or some thing may’ve been toying with an algorithm or something because the Google results seem to have missed articles that appeared on previous searches.