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Russia to quit International Space Station

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014 9:49 PM

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/13/us/russia-international-space-statio
n-plans/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

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Russia plans to leave International Space Station by 2020, official says
By Suzanne Presto, CNN
May 15, 2014 -- Updated 0041 GMT (0841 HKT)

Russia said it does not plan to use the International Space Station beyond 2020, casting a shadow on U.S. plans to continue cooperation with the country and extend the life of the orbiting laboratory until at least 2024.

I wondered about this the other day. With Obama drying up co-operation between the USA and Russia, because of the Ukraine/Crimea business, I thought he'd pull out of this one, and leave the Russians stuck with the thing, see how long they can keep operating it without US money and technical support.

But it looks like they pulled out first, leaving the US to operate the station without transport to and from it.

'Course they're talking about 2020, and he's talking 2024, so A LOT could change before anything actually changes.

Personally, I'da told the Russkies to bring any Americans there home ASAP, and then pulled the plug, but, hey, that's just me.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:43 PM

CHRISISALL

Bad news comes in waves.

SpaceX will have to get geared up!
I hope.

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Thursday, May 15, 2014 12:13 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Perhaps the Chinese will give us a lift, when they're on their way to their moon bases.

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Thursday, May 15, 2014 12:21 AM

CHRISISALL

"Dick. May I call you Dick?" -Holly McClane

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Thursday, May 15, 2014 4:58 PM

WHOZIT

By then "Virgin" will likely have a spacecraft that can go there, by then you may not have to be a member of NASA or any other international space agency to go there. Some private corp may buy the dam thing.

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Thursday, May 15, 2014 8:50 PM

SECOND

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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Some private corp may buy the damn thing.

Warner Bros. Entertainment would be the perfect new owner.

The ISS was accidentally destroyed by Russia in the movie Gravity (2013). But what if it was destroyed on Putin's orders to make it look accidental? Then the cascading series of disasters in the American and Chinese space programs make perfect movie sense. It was Putin's doing!

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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Saturday, November 26, 2022 5:22 PM

JAYNEZTOWN

Here’s Why NASA’s Artemis 1 Mission to the Moon Is Important
https://heavy.com/news/nasa-artemis-1-moon-mission/

Photos of Artemis I https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzG1pG

Debris continues from the ASAT weapon tests

COSMOS 1408 ASAT OBJECTS

1788 objects cataloged
1363 decayed
425 still in orbit

https://twitter.com/jremis/status/1595398319475507206

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023 9:30 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

Virgin falling behind and Bankrupt but then not Bankrupt?

Branson’s Virgin Galactic flies its first commercial mission
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/06/virgin-galactic-begins-commercia
l-service/

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket engine explodes during testing
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/11/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-be-4-rocket-eng
ine-explodes-during-testing.html

Japan adopts new sanctions on Russia, criticizes its deal to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14917745

Russian rocket launches foreign satellites into orbit despite sanctions
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/russian-rocket-launches-foreign-sat
ellites-into-orbit-despite-sanctions

Musk and Bezos Offer Humanity a Grim Future in Space Colonies
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/musk-and-bezos-offer-humani
ty-a-grim-future-in-space-colonies/

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Privately owned space colonies are more likely to be totalitarian nightmares than libertarian utopias

SpaceX smashes reusable rocket record as Elon Musk makes bold Starship claim
https://www.independent.co.uk/space/spacex-launch-record-elon-musk-sta
rship-b2372407.html

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