Zealousideal-Box-297 t1_jbrsc6t wrote on March 11, 2023 at 5:09 AM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Soyuz MS-23 may share design flaw with MS-22 and Progress MS-21. Soyuz MS-24 may launch earlier than planned. by AWildDragon

ISS is so close to end of life that probably won't happen but NASA must absolutely exclude Russia from any post ISS projects like lunar gateway. JAXA and ESA are reliable partners, we don't owe India anything, China is only interested in ripping as much IP as possible while playing catch up, and Russia is losing spaceflight capability in real time and can't be trusted any more.

[deleted] t1_jbt1eqv wrote on March 11, 2023 at 2:17 PM

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EventAccomplished976 t1_jc6ef0h wrote on March 14, 2023 at 11:39 AM

In the 90s the russians were the only ones with actual experience flying long term missions in space, the cooperation started with them allowing NASA astronauts to visit Mir. It was an exchange, not just a goodwill gesture, that was just how the ISS was sold to the US congress.