The head of Russia's space agency says it is suspending ISS cooperation with NASA and the European S
Source: Business Insider
Space Agency amid Western sanctions
Russia is suspending its cooperation on the International Space Station (ISS), according to Dmitry Rogozin, head of Russian space agency Roscosmos.
The country will also suspend its partnership with NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Rogozin said.
Newsweek and others first reported the story.
In a series of tweets written in Russian on Saturday, Rogozin said: "I believe that the restoration of normal relations between partners in the International Space Station and other joint projects is possible only with the complete and unconditional lifting of illegal sanctions."
Link to tweet
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Karma13612
(4,554 posts)On the ISS? Do we have to worry about confrontations and/or sabotage up there??
Lancero
(3,013 posts)LunaSea
(2,895 posts)It was designed for interdependence between all the partners.
There are designs for alternative thrusters on paper, but none in place as far as I know.
But cargo ships and other visiting spacecraft could likely manage keeping the station in the right orbital altitude if required using their thrusters to adjust attitude if needed.
But they also need them for debris avoidance.
Kinda important.
Evolve Dammit
(16,763 posts)Lonestarblue
(10,064 posts)That may need to happen sooner. It is very now and running out of useful life, so perhaps not a very big threat for Russia to make.
LunaSea
(2,895 posts)I expect ISS will be around for a while yet.
GregariousGroundhog
(7,526 posts)NASA has contracts in place to maintain the stations hardware through 2028 and they plan on operating it until sometime in 2030. Their current intent is to deorbit it in into the South Pacific in January 3031.
Polybius
(15,476 posts)I'm sure it'll be ancient tech by then!
DivByZero
(38 posts)The removal of sanctions is possible only with the immediate, complete and unconditional end of the illegal war on, and the withdrawal of all occupying Russian and Belarusian forces from Ukraine, after reparations have been made to the Ukrainian people, and Putin et al have been tried for war crimes.
Shanti Shanti Shanti
(12,047 posts)former9thward
(32,077 posts)The Russians will be working with the Chinese space station.
Shanti Shanti Shanti
(12,047 posts)roamer65
(36,747 posts)We need to go back the moon.
Im looking forward to seeing the first American women, people of color and non-American astronauts on the moon.
We should send a Ukrainian astronaut as well.
reACTIONary
(5,771 posts)ffr
(22,671 posts)So go fuck yourselves!
paleotn
(17,956 posts)Surely nations with the resources and experience of the west can come up with a solution that excludes the Russians. They claim to be planning their own station, but that's just scribbles on paper with no real money behind it. Fact is, without ISS, the Russians really don't have a space program. Some heavy lift vehicles with no place to go. SpaceX could take over crew transfer and resupply, but maintaining orbit is the tricky part.
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/596678-can-spacex-save-nasas-international-space-station/
Crowman2009
(2,499 posts)Martin68
(22,877 posts)confident nation. Everyone in Putin's circle is scared to death of him, and trying to avoid his wrath.
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)Sanctions will NOT BE LIFTED
Justice matters.
(6,941 posts)Kick em out of everything civilized until they arrest putler for war crimes.
Total isolation like North Korea until then.
cayugafalls
(5,643 posts)We will persevere, as have the Ukrainians.
These criminals will face justice. The world is getting sick of this shit.