Nikxice
Active Member
Technically, the Russians have been chucking spent hardware into Kazakhstan and Siberia all this time, not into the oceans.
Rumor has it the hardware goes to good use being repurposed for Kazakh shacks and stuff, so you could make an argument that the Russians were into reusing rocket parts long before Elon came along.
Sometime in the future Russian shack scrap hardware may become harder to find. In a nod to SpaceX the Russian's are now seriously considering developing their own rocket reuse program. This is a fairly recent turn. Following article was published just a few weeks ago..
Russia: Maybe reusing rockets isn’t a crazy capitalist idea after all