Transcription: With the breakup of the Soviet Union, cancellations, layoffs and budget cuts took on an unparalleled severity. The once state-owned design agencies became privatized and struggled to win Western business. They found themselves exploited by so-called consultancies who cashed in on their commercial naivety. What was now primarily a Russian space program hung in a perilous position. NASA, blighted by America's recession, was also suffering financial hardship and was unable to fund its Freedom Space Station. In a move that symbolically marked the end of the space race, the two nations drew togethe ...
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