Russian space chief invites Elon Musk to his home: 'I already set the teakettle on heat'

Russia's space chief was watching as billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson blasted into space aboard vehicles they helped fund — and wishing Russian oligarchs would follow suit.

"Our millionaires prefer to invest more in yachts rather than in spaceships," Dmitry Rogozin told CNN in his first interview with Western media since becoming Roscosmos' director general. "But maybe kids of current Russian millionaires will be much more wise creatures."Rogozin is impressed with the United States' burgeoning space tourism industry, including Branson's Virgin Galactic and Bezos' Blue Origin.

But that dependency ended last year when SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule launched NASA astronauts from US soil for the first time in nearly a decade. Shortly after the successful launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Musk finally responded to Rogozin's years-old remark by saying,"The trampoline is working." SpaceX's new"trampoline" has resulted in billions in revenue cut from Roscosmos' budget.

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