It's a shame that science, which often bridges political divides, has to suffer due to political bullshit. Somewhat understandable given the history of space exploration, but bullshit nonetheless.
It also makes Russia look like a petulant child, taking its ball and going home because it didn't get to eat another child's chocolate.
This is only Russia refusing to sell rocket engines to the US Government for use in launching military rockets into space. This has nothing to do with the scientific collaboration.
Actually, it would appear the Russkies are diminishing cooperation on the ISS itself. FTFA:
"He also said Russia would reject a U.S. request to prolong the use of the International Space Station beyond 2020."
As a person who has only very recently discovered how intriguing the ISS can be, I had been hoping the Ukraine issue wouldn't affect the ISS. It's too bad, but then again, space is large and there are more players than just the U.S. and Russia. There is Japan and a large European (w/o Russia) contingent.
I'd call not continuing ISS beyond 2020, when according to NASA there is no technical reason that it could not operate until at least 2028 to be a blow for scientific collaboration.
The grandparent post is sounding like the Russians are stopping immediate collaboration as a result of the Ukrainian conflict. That is not the case, and it is not clear if the ISS issue is even related to the situation at hand.
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It's a shame that science, which often bridges political divides, has to suffer due to political bullshit. Somewhat understandable given the history of space exploration, but bullshit nonetheless.
It also makes Russia look like a petulant child, taking its ball and going home because it didn't get to eat another child's chocolate.
This is only Russia refusing to sell rocket engines to the US Government for use in launching military rockets into space. This has nothing to do with the scientific collaboration.
Actually, it would appear the Russkies are diminishing cooperation on the ISS itself. FTFA:
"He also said Russia would reject a U.S. request to prolong the use of the International Space Station beyond 2020."
As a person who has only very recently discovered how intriguing the ISS can be, I had been hoping the Ukraine issue wouldn't affect the ISS. It's too bad, but then again, space is large and there are more players than just the U.S. and Russia. There is Japan and a large European (w/o Russia) contingent.
I'd call not continuing ISS beyond 2020, when according to NASA there is no technical reason that it could not operate until at least 2028 to be a blow for scientific collaboration.
The grandparent post is sounding like the Russians are stopping immediate collaboration as a result of the Ukrainian conflict. That is not the case, and it is not clear if the ISS issue is even related to the situation at hand.
They also pulled agreement to continue International Space Station operation until 2024