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The Russian delegation is about to have their first taste of frozen yogurt at SpaceX headquarters. Seemed like a historic moment to me. =)

Vladimir Popovkin, on the right, is the Director of the Russian Federal Space Agency and former First Deputy Defense Minister of Russia and commander of the Russian Space Forces. So, he managed Russia’s nuclear weapons program.

In the back, and in the pink tie the photo below, is Alexey Krasnov, Director of the Human Space Flight Program for Roscosmos and the ISS Program Manager. And up front, Mikhail Kokorich, CEO of Dauria Aerospace.

And then I read in Time magazine: “The most centrally located spot in the building was chosen as the perfect place to build a frozen-yogurt station. ‘I like the randomness of it,’ Musk says. ‘A frozen yogurt bar in a rocket factory.’”

9 responses to “Rapprochement with Roscosmos”

  1. with an eye on the toppings…. Da, da, da…
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    and the group shot in front of the first Dragon capsule to return from orbit:
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  2. I thought Vlad looked familiar. Everybody need ‘refueling’! Frozen yogurt works!

  3. yep, good one… they look tired…

  4. You live in interesting times Steve!

  5. Da, and is the FROZEN VODKA bar the next install??????

  6. Heh, come to think of it, that was was we were served for lunch at their facility in Moscow

    Russian Space Lunch

    That was an amazing tour. I wish they would have let me take pictures inside…

  7. USA is so ANAL about booze in SPACE, the Soviets have a better understanding of the needs of the cosmonauts on long duration mission, BTW did anybody sneek some booze aboard the ISS via the shuttles when we werei n the re-supply modes? Wonder……..

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