I find this interesting. What does Russia think they will gain by leaving? They obviously think its to their advantage, I'm trying to figure out what that advantage is.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-says...1658844977

Quote:Russia plans to withdraw from the International Space Station, a decision that comes after months of tension between the country and its international partners that run the orbiting research facility.

Yuri Borisov, the director general of Roscosmos, as the Russian space agency is called, said Russia would leave the facility after 2024, according to an exchange between him and President Vladimir Putin that was posted to the Kremlin’s website. Over the next two years, the country will fulfill its obligations to operating the station, he said.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine strained international cooperation in space, scuttling several missions and putting pressure on decades of collaboration in orbit among spacefaring nations. Earlier this month, NASA issued a rare rebuke of Russia after cosmonauts on the facility were shown in a Roscosmos social-media post holding flags tied to parts of Ukraine that Russia had invaded.

Russia’s move to leave the station could complicate plans to use the station for the rest of the decade before its retirement, as NASA prefers to do. Last year, the U.S. space agency said the White House had approved an effort to continue running the facility, where researchers conduct scientific experiments, through 2030....

They will build there own and do experiments and tests away from enemy eyes. Can't believe it took them this long. Expect China will be leading the charge. This is another shot over the bow by China considering we are in a two front war with them and we haven't figured it out yet.

(07-26-2022 10:47 AM)Eagleaidaholic Wrote:  They will build there own and do experiments and tests away from enemy eyes. Can't believe it took them this long. Expect China will be leading the charge. This is another shot over the bow by China considering we are in a two front war with them and we haven't figured it out yet.

That's the first thing my mind went to as well.

Better figure out our own ride home.

I look for military development along with the Chinese.

(07-26-2022 10:47 AM)Eagleaidaholic Wrote:  They will build there own and do experiments and tests away from enemy eyes. Can't believe it took them this long. Expect China will be leading the charge. This is another shot over the bow by China considering we are in a two front war with them and we haven't figured it out yet.

China better pay for it, Russia can’t pay for a space station. Trying to build a shuttle was one of the pieces that economically broke the soviets.