International Space Station and Russia...

[wcmagumba]

According to my search there are currently 4 Americans, 1 German and 2 Russian astronauts on the ISS. Maybe the two Russians could be asked to leave asap, since that country no longer follows international norms...I imagine there is some tension up there. Just wondering....

[mainer]

1. Scientists tend to be apolitical

And the Russian astronauts may well be appalled by this attack.

[wcmagumba]

4. That is true but I imagine the scientists on the ISS...

are also trained by the respective military in some way or are actively serving members...This makes me think of the movie 2010:The Year We Make Contact, not the alien part but the tensions between American and Russian astronauts on the same ship...also, wasn't there some issue a year or so back with accusations of sabotage or spying between the various nationalities on board when the ISS developed a dangerous leak?

[2naSalit]

2. Apparently it's not going to be...

https://news.yahoo.com/end-international-space-station-launch-095512041.htmlin use much longer anyway.

I wonder when that whole situation will be resolved.

[JI7]

3. This isn't something that would affect Russia in any way . And they are ending this program anyways

[LisaL]

5. I might be missing something, but isn't Russia currently has the only rockets that deliver to and

from ISS? If Russians were to leave, do you propose the rest stay there forever without any supplies?

[GregariousGroundhog]

6. Nope. SpaceX can launch Dragons from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. I think Elon Musk can get rockets up there.

Maybe he's an improvement over Putin. Maybe.

[wcmagumba]

8. I think the US now has the ability to transport astronauts using SpaceX...

They did a flight last year and returned the astronauts back to earth successfully....

[marie999]

9. Russia is a partner in the ownership of ISS

[ultralite001]

10. Safety...

May all the astronauts remain safe...