[BradyLS]

And they sent NASA astronauts to the ISS during the period when NASA couldn’t.

[MinorityRepublican]

And they sent NASA astronauts to the ISS during the period when NASA couldn’t.

Yeah. When Putin was still rational.

[Long Jon No Silver]

And that raises an interesting point. When the cold war ended the U.S could have launched an all out effort to co-opt Russia into a great cooperation. With a view to China’s rise. After all, if the U.S was able to hold German and Japanese in their loving embrace, why not Russia. But the cold war warriors were miffed they never got direct action against Russia itself. And so any deep coming together was thwarted except for some limited co-operation

[chaosagent]

And they sent NASA astronauts to the ISS during the period when NASA couldn’t.

'NASA' still can't. But Elon can.