Post by Sailor on May 13, 2014 14:41:52 GMT -8
Russia to ban US from using Space Station over Ukraine sanctions
Russia is to deny the US future use of the International Space Station beyond 2020 and will also bar its rocket engines from launching US military satellites as it hits back at American sanctions imposed over Ukraine crisis.
Russia’s deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announced a series of punitive measures on Tuesday against the US in response to sanctions imposed after Russia annexed Crimea.
The two countries have long cooperated closely on space exploration despite their clashes in foreign policy.
The Space Station is manned by both American and Russian crew, but the only way to reach it is by using Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft.
More here:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/10828964/Russia-to-ban-US-from-using-Space-Station-over-Ukraine-sanctions.html
I recall asking what this country would do if Russia decided to do exactly this. I asked this question when Prez Zero decided to cancel the manned space system that was to replace the Shuttle.
Well, we're there and until one of the commercial systems is ready sometime in the nebulous future Russia can lock us out of our own fucking space station.
Thanks a big stinking pantload Zero.
Russia is to deny the US future use of the International Space Station beyond 2020 and will also bar its rocket engines from launching US military satellites as it hits back at American sanctions imposed over Ukraine crisis.
Russia’s deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announced a series of punitive measures on Tuesday against the US in response to sanctions imposed after Russia annexed Crimea.
The two countries have long cooperated closely on space exploration despite their clashes in foreign policy.
The Space Station is manned by both American and Russian crew, but the only way to reach it is by using Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft.
More here:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/10828964/Russia-to-ban-US-from-using-Space-Station-over-Ukraine-sanctions.html
I recall asking what this country would do if Russia decided to do exactly this. I asked this question when Prez Zero decided to cancel the manned space system that was to replace the Shuttle.
Well, we're there and until one of the commercial systems is ready sometime in the nebulous future Russia can lock us out of our own fucking space station.
Thanks a big stinking pantload Zero.
