um, I think we can mostly agree that the Rus Kosmo plan is a charade at this point. They haven't the requisite skills or resources remaining to even maintain the limited equipment that is still in orbit, demonstrably failing to properly secure important and necessary launch structures to prevent damage and loss. Their former space program was principally designed, built, serviced and operated by Ukraine; which is no longer a willing or unwilling contributor to Ros Kosmos capability and what competant Russian native staff did exist, has been sacrificed on Ukrainian soil.
The future Rus Space Staytion is likely just that... the leaking husk of spent IsS modules staying in the current orbiting position, less the modules deorbited as planned.
Ya'll need a trip to Japan. So many versions of the automat approach. One favorite is ガスト (Gusto). Self seat, Order from the tablet at your table, food delivered by a rolling robot with "Kitty" theme, and self checkout with the reciept/ticket at an unstaffed kiosk. They put all of the human labor effort into kitchen staff and great ingredients. Better food than the best Denny's or IHOP in the heyday of the late 80s or early 90s, and breakfast for two totaling under 12 dollars. Its a winning twist on Automat, and other examples of this are around the corner in almost every town. Its the future we were promised in the 50s that never got delivered beyond some Art Deco public works buildings.
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