Roscosmos threatens shutting down future ISS missions

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Roscosmos threatens shutting down future ISS missions

The director of Russia’s space program said economic sanctions aimed at the country threaten partnerships at the International Space Station and he supports a move to end future cooperation with other agencies.

In a series of social media posts Saturday, Roscosmos general director Dmitry Rogozin shared what he claimed were replies from the respective heads of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency to his demand that their countries lift sanctions against enterprises involved in the Russia space industry.

[Bloomberg]
 
This is largely just Dmitry blustering (as I posted in the Off Topic Ukraine thread)....

Russia needs the West for its space program, way more than the West needs Russia... Bailing on the ISS will very quickly mean that the Russian space program starts to collapse.
 
Bailing on the ISS will very quickly mean that the Russian space program starts to collapse.
They're planning on crashing that puppy back down to Earth in about 8 years' time anyway.
 
They're planning on crashing that puppy back down to Earth in about 8 years' time anyway.

At the most 8 years, potentially 2 or 3 since the original end date is 2024 unless they can sign new agreements to push it to 2030.
 
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