New Russian space chief clarifies comments about ISS departure
departure plans and clarified the agency's intent to carry on according to international agreements."The procedure for the withdrawal of the Russian side from the international ISS project is clearly regulated," Borisov explained. "We must warn our colleagues a year in advance that we will do this for such and such circumstances. We have not warned [NASA] about this yet; there is no need for this.
Borisov's comments aren't exactly stunning; Russian space officials reportedly told their NASA counterparts last week that Roscosmos wants to— ideally, until Russia gets its own space station up and running in 2028 or thereabouts. "About two years ago, we began to seriously think about continuing the [crewed] program and developing a domestic orbital station," Borisov said. He cited the"authoritative opinion of many experts" predicting the heightened possibility of cascade failures in ISS systems after 2024 — the stated reasoning behind his"2024" remarks earlier in the week.
"The time that our cosmonauts, including American astronauts, spend on searching for possible malfunctions and eliminating them begins to exceed all reasonable limits. This is done at the expense of scientific research," said Borisov. In fact, NASA is also thinking about its plans for low Earth orbit access following the retirement of the ISS. For example, the American space agency has awarded funding to multiple companies to
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