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by rdtsc 2y ago
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Weren't the Russians pulling out of supporting it in 2025?
> Russia has even suggested it may pull out of the ISS as early as 2025.
Though I couldn't find an actual quote from Roscosmos just a BBC article.
- nobankai 2y agoAFAIK, the Russian half is lucky to still be intact today. It wouldn't surprise me if the Russian Federation has wanted to deorbit it for decades simply due to the burden of repair and resupply missions.
- rdtsc 2y ago> Russian Federation has wanted to deorbit it for decades simply due to the burden of repair and resupply missions. They do get paid for it? I'd imagine it's bringing in a chunk of change and they'd be happy to let it keep flying. But as a sibling post, politically it's not advantageous for them perhaps.
- potato3732842 2y agoYeah, one of their modules is leaking in a sketchy way and they wanna dip. I'm sure politics and money play a non-trivial role but at the end of the day if the Russians won't put their people in it nobody should put people in it.
- rdtsc 2y ago> at the end of the day if the Russians won't put their people in it nobody should Ha, fair point ;-) > I'm sure politics play a non-trivial role Yeah, they may get paid to fly supply missions, but it's still a tiny bit uncomfortable to claim on TV how they are cooperating with the "evil Anglo-Saxons" (their strange propaganda term for the West) to supply the ISS.