Wow, this does seem like a potential early end to ISS, all things considered. Russia nearly pulled out a couple of times already, and Musk said he wants it deorbited early, and nobody in power right now is very keen on the kind of scientific research done on ISS. Hard to picture a heroic effort to save it, unless there's a clear path to PR glory for someone.
Only weird part to me is the suggestion that a spare cabin for the launchpad would be withheld out of spite for Russia. Is there more money to be made from selling tourist tickets to Gagarin's pad than from leasing an active launch site?
Someone knowledgeable about Russia’s space program posted this morning that she thinks it’ll be 3-6 months. At this point, I don’t think anyone really knows.
If Putin were to keel over tomorrow, circumstances would be vastly different. I wish we could get back to the era of trust and collaboration in space.
Wow, this does seem like a potential early end to ISS, all things considered. Russia nearly pulled out a couple of times already, and Musk said he wants it deorbited early, and nobody in power right now is very keen on the kind of scientific research done on ISS. Hard to picture a heroic effort to save it, unless there's a clear path to PR glory for someone.
Only weird part to me is the suggestion that a spare cabin for the launchpad would be withheld out of spite for Russia. Is there more money to be made from selling tourist tickets to Gagarin's pad than from leasing an active launch site?
Thanks for the response.
Someone knowledgeable about Russia’s space program posted this morning that she thinks it’ll be 3-6 months. At this point, I don’t think anyone really knows.
If Putin were to keel over tomorrow, circumstances would be vastly different. I wish we could get back to the era of trust and collaboration in space.