The supplying mission to the International Space Station was both the international duty of the major aerospace powers and the perfect opportunity to develop the aerospace industry. Domestic aerospace companies could only develop new engines if they gained profit from the billion Rupee project.
Contracting to Celestial Trade indeed could decrease the budget in this area, but it would be bad news for domestic aerospace companies. Since there were only so many launch planned for each year, other than SpaceX being able to profit from commercial launches, most aerospace depended on the national projects to survive.
What Natasha said was also the message from Russia's leader.
If Celestial Trade was willing to sell the rocket, Russia would be happy to purchase. But if Celestial Trade was only planning to take the contract, there was no point to discuss it further.
"Are you not going to hear my bid?" Jiang Chen said helplessly.
Natasha shook her head.
