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Belligerent Russia Could Deny U.S. Access To Space

hypocritexposer

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who's fault would that be?


Leadership: Putting an economic and political squeeze on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis could bring another Obama chicken home to roost — our president killed the U.S. space program and made us dependent on Putin.

President Obama has deliberately presided over the demise of a great symbol of American leadership and exceptionalism. As in so many other areas, we'll no longer be the leader, just one of many. That's according to plan.

http://news.investors.com/ibd-edito...uld-deny-space-access-over-ukraine.htm?p=full
 

Steve

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Houston,.. we have a problem..

and in early 2010 the Obama administration asked Congress to instead endorse a plan with heavy reliance on the private sector for delivering cargo and crew to ow earth orbit.

Under the current arrangement, NASA astronauts cannot get to and from the station without Russian help, due to the retirement of the space shuttle fleet. The ticket price for each astronaut is $70 million, payable to the Russians.


Recent developments have brought the space station closer to the point where it could be operated without Russian involvement if necessary. The current crisis provides good reasons to accelerate that shift and even to push for one crucial near-term capability: crew rescue.

Already, two U.S. commercial cargo delivery projects — SpaceX's Falcon rocket and Dragon capsule, as well as Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Antares rocket and Cygnus capsule

What should be added next, and soon, is a U.S. capability to return astronauts from orbit — and SpaceX's Dragon capsule could be quickly modified to provide that capability. In the event of a political emergency, U.S. astronauts could extend their tours of duty from the current six months to the 12-month range already approved for next year, or even longer.

Playing the China card?

The "up-crew" capability is a trickier question. Commercial providers are still three to four years away from providing that function. But it's conceivable that the schedule could be accelerated. And there's already another non-Russian spacecraft that has demonstrated the ability to transport crew safely to and from a space station. This one happens to be made in China.

incidentally many of the space parts and launch capabilities are from the Ukraine and not Russia..

so the question might just as well be,.. Can Russia continue to go to space without the Ukraine?

either way.. this is just another Obama policy that just FAILED..
 
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