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Oh Brother - both for the lax security and the decrepitude of much of the facility. Follow the link to Lana's blog for the pics - it's in Russian though.
Energomash is one of the largest rocket engine designers in Russia, and they produce the RD-171/180/191 series. A partial list -
RD-0107: first stage engine for Soyuz
RD-0108: second stage core engine for Soyuz
RD-0253: first stage engine for Proton
RD-170 family: first stage engine for the Zenit and the booster engines for Energia
RD-180: first stage engine for the US Atlas V
RD-191: first stage engine for the Angara family
RedOrbit....
Lana Sator's blog & pics....
http://en.rian.ru/ru.../170546115.html
Energomash is one of the largest rocket engine designers in Russia, and they produce the RD-171/180/191 series. A partial list -
RD-0107: first stage engine for Soyuz
RD-0108: second stage core engine for Soyuz
RD-0253: first stage engine for Proton
RD-170 family: first stage engine for the Zenit and the booster engines for Energia
RD-180: first stage engine for the US Atlas V
RD-191: first stage engine for the Angara family
RedOrbit....
Lana Sator's blog & pics....
Russian Rocket Security Caught Sleeping On The Job
On Thursday, Russia’s deputy prime minister vowed to punish “sleepy†security officials who were caught dozing off in photos taken by bloggers.
Blogger Lana Sator said she and her friends were not caught as they roamed around state rocket-maker Energomash’s plant on five separate occasions.
She posted almost 100 pictures of decrepit-looking hardware from inside an engine-fuel testing tower, the plant’s control room and even its roof.
Russian media quoted a senior space agency official as saying that the breach was a shock. “It showed a complete inability to protect anything whatsoever,†the official told Izvestia.
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said the security failure was “unacceptable†and warned that “sleepy cats†who failed to maintain security at strategic defense sites will face punishment.
Russia has faced plenty of embarrassments in the past year with its space program, most recently with a Russian communications satellite that crashed last week.
An unmanned cargo spacecraft crashed in August, and a Russian Mars-bound craft got stuck in orbit in November. The space program also lost a $265-million communication satellite.
On Thursday, Russia’s deputy prime minister vowed to punish “sleepy†security officials who were caught dozing off in photos taken by bloggers.
Blogger Lana Sator said she and her friends were not caught as they roamed around state rocket-maker Energomash’s plant on five separate occasions.
She posted almost 100 pictures of decrepit-looking hardware from inside an engine-fuel testing tower, the plant’s control room and even its roof.
Russian media quoted a senior space agency official as saying that the breach was a shock. “It showed a complete inability to protect anything whatsoever,†the official told Izvestia.
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said the security failure was “unacceptable†and warned that “sleepy cats†who failed to maintain security at strategic defense sites will face punishment.
Russia has faced plenty of embarrassments in the past year with its space program, most recently with a Russian communications satellite that crashed last week.
An unmanned cargo spacecraft crashed in August, and a Russian Mars-bound craft got stuck in orbit in November. The space program also lost a $265-million communication satellite.
Minister orders Russian space agency security blitz after blogger invasion
Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has been given until January to rectify security at its plants or face the consequences, after a reported penetration of its rocket plant in northern Moscow.
A group of Russian bloggers claimed in a report posted on the Internet that they managed to get inside the Energomash plant in Moscow’s Khimki district, which manufactures liquid-propellant engines for civilian and military rockets.
They were able to wander about and take pictures for five days, and did not see any security officers.
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said harsh measures would be taken to enforce security and punish the “sleepy cats†responsible for the plant’s security.
“There will be no freewheeling,†he told Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin, and also gave a warning to the bloggers, who he called “cheeky mice.â€
“I don’t advise anybody to penetrate strategic installations anymore,†he said.
The Energomash plant can be accessed through holes in the fence, which it has no money to repair, Energia rocket and space corporation’s Senior Vice President Vladimir Osmolovsky told Izvestia newspaper.
Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has been given until January to rectify security at its plants or face the consequences, after a reported penetration of its rocket plant in northern Moscow.
A group of Russian bloggers claimed in a report posted on the Internet that they managed to get inside the Energomash plant in Moscow’s Khimki district, which manufactures liquid-propellant engines for civilian and military rockets.
They were able to wander about and take pictures for five days, and did not see any security officers.
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said harsh measures would be taken to enforce security and punish the “sleepy cats†responsible for the plant’s security.
“There will be no freewheeling,†he told Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin, and also gave a warning to the bloggers, who he called “cheeky mice.â€
“I don’t advise anybody to penetrate strategic installations anymore,†he said.
The Energomash plant can be accessed through holes in the fence, which it has no money to repair, Energia rocket and space corporation’s Senior Vice President Vladimir Osmolovsky told Izvestia newspaper.
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