Topic: Inflatable orbital return vehicle tested by Russians.

[Nemesis]

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MOSCOW (AP) – Russia on Friday test-launched a collapsible mini-spacecraft, designed to carry cargo from the international space station to Earth, on a sea-based ballistic missile, a Russian space design bureau said.

The Demonstrator spacecraft, which blasted off on a converted Volna booster rocket from the Borisoglebsk nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea, began its descent toward the Kura test range on Russia's Far East Kamchatka Peninsula on schedule, the Interfax news agency reported.

Searchers, however, have not yet found the spacecraft, a duty officer at the Lavochkin space design bureau, which worked on the project, confirmed. The duty officer declined to give her name.

One of the 2 units has been found and its condition is being evaluated.

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[Ravok]

You really have to give these guys credit, on cheap, practical, space tec.

[Nemesis]

You really have to give these guys credit, on cheap, practical, space tec.

If only they could aim it right.

It reminds me of the Gilligan's Island episode where the Russion capsule lands in the lagoon but the Russians claimed it landed in Russia within inches of the target.