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It's hard to imagine US/Russian relations improving in the coming years. It might be easier and safer to retire the ISS sooner rather than later.
by TomMasz 2y ago
It's hard to imagine US/Russian relations improving in the coming years. It might be easier and safer to retire the ISS sooner rather than later.
- neom 2y agoAs a fun juxtaposition to your comment, here is a playlist of videos of them building it: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYu7z3I8tdEnjgkBIBgxaJfZl2LdQN-rP https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYu7z3I8tdEnjgkBIBgxa...
- aaronblohowiak 2y agoit is planned for decommission. in the interim, they are isolating the impacted module and not planning repair (at least, that's what I got from the article!)
- rbanffy 2y agoYou'll also need to have their agreement before you deorbit the Russian part. There is no way around that marriage (and it'd be better to make it work - space operations shouldn't be run by politicians anyway).