Extra Credit Assignment: How technology is used in Russia.

Russia focuses a lot of its technological research on scientific and astronomical explorations. Russia is known for being the first in the field of space exploration, and achieved a lot in astronomy. For a long time Russia had the biggest telescope in the world, called the Big Azimuth Telescope. The telescope was constructed mainly using parts that were made exclusively in Russia, which showed the counties leadership in  the field of optical tools and technology and set it apart from other countries. When the US decided to abandon their space exploration programs it gave Russia a chance to strengthen their space exploration projects and technology even more and become a leader in space exploration.