Russia to pull out of ISS after 2024

[LadyStanley]

Russia to drop out of International Space Station after 2024

Russia will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country's new space chief said Tuesday amid high tensions between Moscow and the West over the fighting in Ukraine. The announcement, while not unexpected, throws into question...

news.yahoo.com

As a minimum that means the US or Japan or someone would have to increase/make flights to station.

Could be it's not being as well maintained as possible and they might just decide to abandon?

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[Cas]

Russia to drop out of International Space Station after 2024

Russia will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country's new space chief said Tuesday amid high tensions between Moscow and the West over the fighting in Ukraine. The announcement, while not unexpected, throws into question...

news.yahoo.com

As a minimum that means the US or Japan or someone would have to increase/make flights to station.

Could be it's not being as well maintained as possible and they might just decide to abandon?

It would be difficult and expensive to take over the entire functioning of the ISS - American and European spacecraft will have to take over the orbital boosting role that Russian Progress spacecraft currently perform. It is technically possible, though.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Hire more of us American engineers. Would love more jobs to come out of this. I'm not smart enough to be an astronaut though.

 

[beowulf]

They would need to have someone replace them for less than 7 years? As of right now they plan on closing the station at the end of 2030 and to de-orbit it by January 31, 2031. Maybe they bring that timeline up?

 

[JMCx4]

Hire more of us American engineers. Would love more jobs to come out of this. I'm not smart enough to be an astronaut though.

Oh, c'mon, if you're smart enough to make 6,500 posts on HFBoards........no, wait, never mind........