"The trampoline works": Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX who sent two astronauts to space on Saturday, replied to the boss of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, who mocked six years ago. American inability to conduct manned spaceflight.
In a period of tension between the two countries, when Moscow threatened to interrupt space cooperation with Washington, Dmitri Rogozin said in 2014 that American astronauts may well need a "trampoline" to join the ISS.
HA! "The trampoline is working" - Elon. 😂 # MicDrop pic.twitter.com/mGufZXyYKj
- Chris B - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) May 30, 2020"The trampoline works," joked Elon Musk on Sunday at a press conference alongside NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine after the successful takeoff of a rocket from his company SpaceX. "It's a joke between us," added the 48-year-old entrepreneur as the two men laughed.
Memes on the Internet
The allusion ignited the Russian social networks, many Internet "memes" and jokes ridiculing Dmitri Rogozin being published. The name of the boss of the Russian space agency has even become “trendy” on Twitter in Russia.
"Как тебе такое, Дмитрий Рогозин?": Соцсети о запуске корабля Илона Маска в мемах и шутках https://t.cn/FCXpgr.pz
- topnews_ru (@topnews_ru) May 31, 2020The phenomenon even forced the spokesperson for the boss of the Russian space agency to break his silence. "We don't really understand the hysteria triggered by the successful launch of the Crew Dragon capsule," Vladimir Oustimenko said on Twitter. "What should have happened a long time ago has happened," he added.
Истерика, поднявшаяся после удачного запуска корабля Crew Dragon, не очень понятна. Произошло то, что произойти должно было давно. Теперь не только русские будут летать на МКС, но и американцы. Ну и замечательно!
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The successful launch of the SpaceX rocket can be considered a renaissance for the United States and a heavy blow for Russia, which was until then the only country able to send men on the ISS since 2011 and the shutdown of the American space shuttle program.
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