The head of Russia's space agency says it is suspending ISS cooperation with NASA and the European S

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Business Insider

Space Agency amid Western sanctions

Russia is suspending its cooperation on the International Space Station (ISS), according to Dmitry Rogozin, head of Russian space agency Roscosmos.

The country will also suspend its partnership with NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Rogozin said.

Newsweek and others first reported the story.

In a series of tweets written in Russian on Saturday, Rogozin said: "I believe that the restoration of normal relations between partners in the International Space Station and other joint projects is possible only with the complete and unconditional lifting of illegal sanctions."

Link to tweet

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[Karma13612]

1. So how does this impact any work

On the ISS? Do we have to worry about confrontations and/or sabotage up there??

[Lancero]

4. Russia has made illusions to the ISS falling so... Sadly, yes.

[LunaSea]

12. ISS is dependant in Russian thrusters for attitude control.

It was designed for interdependence between all the partners.
There are designs for alternative thrusters on paper, but none in place as far as I know.

But cargo ships and other visiting spacecraft could likely manage keeping the station in the right orbital altitude if required using their thrusters to adjust attitude if needed.

But they also need them for debris avoidance.
Kinda important.

[Evolve Dammit]

2. So sad, but the lines are being drawn. This is all on Putin.

[Lonestarblue]

3. I read recently that NASA planned to decommission the space station in 2024.

That may need to happen sooner. It is very now and running out of useful life, so perhaps not a very big threat for Russia to make.

[LunaSea]

13. The original decommission date was 2015....

I expect ISS will be around for a while yet.

[GregariousGroundhog]

16. NASA plans to maintain the ISS through the end of 2028

NASA has contracts in place to maintain the stations hardware through 2028 and they plan on operating it until sometime in 2030. Their current intent is to deorbit it in into the South Pacific in January 3031.

[Polybius]

20. 3031?

I'm sure it'll be ancient tech by then!

[DivByZero]

5. And the fitting reply should be

“The removal of sanctions is possible only with the immediate, complete and unconditional end of the illegal war on, and the withdrawal of all occupying Russian and Belarusian forces from Ukraine, after reparations have been made to the Ukrainian people, and Putin et al have been tried for war crimes.”

[chowder66]

10. +1

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

6. China's space station will be up next year, we can use theirs! 50 launches in 2022, 140 spacecraft

[former9thward]

14. Probably not.

The Russians will be working with the Chinese space station.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

19. China wants the high ground to themselves they don't need the Russians, their moon base will be next

[roamer65]

7. Our money would be better spent on Artemis anyway.

We need to go back the moon.

I’m looking forward to seeing the first American women, people of color and non-American astronauts on the moon.

We should send a Ukrainian astronaut as well.

[reACTIONary]

18. +100 nt

[ffr]

8. We feel quite differently, but for the same result. We don't want to deal with a terrorist state

So go fuck yourselves!

[paleotn]

9. We do use Russian components to maintain orbit, but....

Surely nations with the resources and experience of the west can come up with a solution that excludes the Russians. They claim to be planning their own station, but that's just scribbles on paper with no real money behind it. Fact is, without ISS, the Russians really don't have a space program. Some heavy lift vehicles with no place to go. SpaceX could take over crew transfer and resupply, but maintaining orbit is the tricky part.

https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/596678-can-spacex-save-nasas-international-space-station/

[Crowman2009]

15. Maybe docking a cargo dragon with extra fuel could solve this problem.

[Martin68]

11. Their backs are against the wall and they are getting desperate. These are not the actions of a

confident nation. Everyone in Putin's circle is scared to death of him, and trying to avoid his wrath.

[orangecrush]

17. Go to hell

Sanctions will NOT BE LIFTED

[Justice matters.]

21. Exactly.

Kick em out of everything civilized until they arrest putler for war crimes.

Total isolation like North Korea until then.

[cayugafalls]

22. He made the same claim 2 months ago. Desperation is thick. Fuck off. War Criminals All.

We will persevere, as have the Ukrainians.

These criminals will face justice. The world is getting sick of this shit.