Time to End Our Dependence on Russian Spaceships -The crisis in the Ukraine shows the insanity of relying on Russia to get us to the Space Station

http://pjmedia.com/blog/time-to-end-our-dependence-on-russian-spaceships/

“As the artillery rolls into Ukraine ^[1], and the notion that Vladimir Putin’s Russia is an ally has been revealed to one and all to be a fantasy, it’s time to finally end our policy insanity of relying on Russian spaceships for American access to space.”

“Since the last space shuttle flight two-and-a-half years ago, our only means of getting NASA astronauts (or anyone) to the ISS has been on the Soyuz launch system, at an ever-rising cost, now over $70M a seat as of last August.”

Now NASA stands for “No Americans in Space Anymore”. We aren’t going to do dangerous stuff like going into outer space anymore.


By Epictetus