Sadly that's not how it works, especially with government money. A good example is SpaceX, they succeeded so fast because they failed fast and learned fast. Failure is always progress as long as you don't give up
That being said the Russians should totally give up
Unrelated but I was reading the user manual for a mini chainsaw that I got secondhand, and one of the selling points was "women friendly", which I found kinda funny
The manual was pretty clearly translated to English, and had plenty of other stuff wrong with it too
New design is goofy but I kinda love it, it looks like a cartoon. Also it just screams functionality, the driver can see so much out of that massive windshield
The OG meme (I think):