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Yes, those engines (and ISS parts) were specifically ordered by US to keep Soviet rocket production busy and to avoid their migration to North Korea or Iran.
by gandhium 9y ago
Yes, those engines (and ISS parts) were specifically ordered by US to keep Soviet rocket production busy and to avoid their migration to North Korea or Iran.
- Bendingo 9y agoI've not heard this idea before. Why wouldn't US simply allow the Soviet rocket production to just die? Please do you have a reference for it?
- gandhium 9y agoAs I said they were afraid that North Korea or Iran will snatch their scientists. So they paid Russians to develop an ISS module: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/fgb.html https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/element... And they paid them to develop RD-180 engine: https://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/ac201/index.html https://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/ac201/index.html