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> One document seemed to point to Elon Musk's SpaceX as a factor, noting that a US company was now certified to transport astronauts to the International Space Station, something Russia had previously charged between $75 million and $85 million an astronaut to do.

>The documents added that Russia's space program has been in decline since at least 2020.

> While Russia's space program is suffering, China's is booming, the documents said.

>China has recently built its own station and NASA warned that it wants to claim resource-rich parts of the moon.