Posted on 03/08/2015 8:21:10 AM PDT by rktman
NASA's Administrator Charles Bolden acknowledged Wednesday there is no back-up plan to fly the International Space Station if Russia cuts off U.S. access to space.
"We would make an orderly evacuation," Bolden said during a U.S. House Appropriations subcommittee hearing. Because both countries are dependent upon one another, the $140 billion station would be lost.
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If Russia wanted to divert funds to it, they probably could, but right at the moment Russia depends on funds from the USA to keep it going.
It’s like that with the USA, too, in that the USA could probably do the whole thing by itself, but then it would have to start up a whole new program and FUND IT to do so.
Neither Rusdia or the USA wants to fund the ENTIRE THING!
I think we should throw some dimes at keeping it running. It’s a tiny expense overall compared to the 4T budget.
I’m sick and tired of every nasa thing turning into muslim stuff. There’s been one government comment on it and it makes FR look like a laughing stock clown show.
There are currently 3 projects to put astronauts up to the station. 2 have already used basically the future manned capsule to resupply the station with food etc.. They are being understandably cautious. But it wouldn’t take much to finish the manned system
NASA should concentrate on adjusting historical Erf temperatures to prove global warming.
Who says its a joke?
And exactly why shouldn't the Kenyan marxist packer be mocked?
It’s good to mock 0bama and his administrators for being the Jihad enablers that they are.
CAIR never stops their rants, memes and pressure on the US.
NASA let their archives go. They were trying to buy back or borrow documents of their older technology.
The retirement of the space shuttles put an expensive obstacle in our path.
I’d like to see NASA concentrate on a moon station.
We are so screwed. How did you people let this happen?
What benefits is the Space Station providing? What things that cant be provided by drones?
Maybe we have the only key, or the only garage door remote.
Or maybe we have been paying the cable bill.
Space EEOP strikes. However, NASA does have Muslim outreach. They cannot make or fire a rocket but they serve a great HALAL meal.
Janitorial/maintainence service for the US modules.
Yup since that really is the biggest threat to the human race. At least that’s what our “leaders” keep telling us. I’m kinda thinkin’ that they should be a whole lot more concerned for the opposite condition. Makes for tough growing of food crops. Or we could roll the dice and hope for some beach front property on the western edge of the Sierras. :>}
I just flew in from the Space Station...
If there is some military use for it, then it was beyond stupid to abandon it. If it's just for giggles or to "find out where we came from" or some other such idiotic quest, then screw it.
One thing I'm sure of, some number of space geeks will provide us with plentiful reason why we should pursue a space station.
So have at it, Poindexters. Convince me.
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