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>but obviously the Russians did no such thing on their side Why obviously? The USSR invited cosmonauts from all over the world to fly and work at the Salut-6,
by drysine 4mo ago
>but obviously the Russians did no such thing on their side
Why obviously?
The USSR invited cosmonauts from all over the world to fly and work at the Salut-6, Salit-7 and Mir stations.[0]
That's France, Britain, Austria, Japan, India, Soviet block countries, Mongolia, Vietnam, Syria and Afghanistan.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interkosmos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interkosmos
- summa_tech 4mo agoUSSR, yes. But the ISS was launching during a time when USSR no longer existed and Russia was fairly isolated. Hence, "obviously": US at that time had many close allies, but Russia had only a few, and not as technologically advanced.
- drysine 4mo ago>Russia was fairly isolated Quite the opposite, the West welcomed weak and crumbling Russia. To a limited extend, of course, but still Russia joined G7 and many European organizations. Western companies were busy buying privatized Soviet assets pennies on the dollar.