There was a lunar eclipse a few days ago, and the Weather Network had a little video of it. The video was courtesy of POCKOCMOC.
Who is that? It is the Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos. It is the Russian Federations state corporation for space flights, cosmonauts programs and aerospace research.
As the main successor to the Soviet space program, Roscosmos' legacy includes the world's first satellite, first human spaceflight, and first space station. Its current activities include the International Space Station, where it is a major partner.
Do you know how many employees it has? There were 170,500 employees in 2020. Compare that with NASA, where there are 17,000 people working.
What would it be like to work at ROSCOSMOS? I have no knowledge of Russian corporate culture. I imagine it to be autocratic with a command and control style. But that's just my imagination of how state-run organizations would work.
I find out there are a lot of organizations in this area. I checked out the jobs at the space-careers.com website. It covers news such as the Russian ASAT Test blowing up a satellite and creating a debris field.
Back to the job market, there are Recruiters and Candidates sections. It says there are 20,515 CVs in the system and 697 jobs listed. The Latest CVS are listed with the job title, country, and last update - countries include USA, Italy, Spain, UK and Russia. The current job, preferred job location, date available are indicated. All personal data is withheld.
The Clients section has the alphabetical list of companies in the "Space Business." There are many looking for employees.
We all know the top 3 biggest private space companies. They've been in the news lately - SpaceX (Elon Musk) has 9,500 employees. Blue Origin (Jeff Bezos) has 3,500 employees, and Virgin Galactic (Richard Branson) has 823.
What about the these organizations and their top executives. You can see the ratings of the CEOs of space companies HERE, with the CEO of Virgin Galactic having a 75/100 rating, Blue Origin's CEO has 71/100, and Elon Musk has 83/100. Out of the 10 shown, there are four in the over 70 range. The other six listed are in the 55 to 66 range.
We're not likely going to see a rating of the CEO of Roscosmos - Dmitry Rogozin. There are stories of a big salary much higher than NASA's CEO, fancy cars, and a dacha. The expose is HERE.
