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2014-05-13 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russia to ban US from using Space Station over Ukraine sanctions
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Posted by DarthVader 2014-05-13 15:43|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top

#1 Along with no engines for our Atlas rockets, which we buy from Russia... and the Russians will shut down our GPS stations in Russia... and forget launching satellites from Russian held territory.

Our short sighted space plans are coming around to bite us in the ass nicely.
Posted by DarthVader 2014-05-13 15:44||   2014-05-13 15:44|| Front Page Top

#2 I think it was I here I read once:

"Never trust Russian. Never trust an Arab."
~ anon
Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-13 15:49||   2014-05-13 15:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Perhaps the Muslim outreach directive given to NASA by Prez Selfie will pay off with the Magic Carpet backup plan. Then again, the Ruskies will deny docking anyway.
Posted by Mugsy Glink 2014-05-13 15:52||   2014-05-13 15:52|| Front Page Top

#4 SpaceX Dragon Rider to the rescue.

"The timing was apparently prompted by Russian space minister Dmitry Rogozin who according to reports, indirectly threatened the status of astronaut access to ISS while complaining about US sanctions which have personally targeted him, suggesting that NASA would need a trampoline to get to the station.

In a strange version of a renewed Cold War being waged through tweets, Elon Musk countered with this:

Cover drops on May 29. Actual flight design hardware of crew Dragon, not a mockup.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 29, 2014"

http://innerspace.net/tag/dragonrider/
Posted by Squinty 2014-05-13 16:01||   2014-05-13 16:01|| Front Page Top

#5 So, did somebody (outside "Western Elites") really expected Russia to bend over...?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-05-13 16:06||   2014-05-13 16:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, I guess this means no more Graduation Speeches from Orbit. Oh well. Now while I well realize the importance of low earth orbit all the benefits therein have already been derived. I got my velcro, my low protein diet, I know how flames travel in vaccuum and it doesn't look like much more is going to happen at this particular money pit. So I call broccoli and I say to hell with it. Let's go steal and rape an asteroid of all it goodies.
Posted by Shipman 2014-05-13 16:46||   2014-05-13 16:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Shipman - Access was with the stupid Soyuz instead of the the 3 US Craft (Dragon CST-100 Dream Chaser) actions which DORKS in the US Congress refuse to proper fund. This includes Shelby (R) and Hatch(R). They are right their with pond scum on the functional IQ list fighting for their pie over results. For some reason McCain (R) Durban (D) and Finestine (D) are some of the few showing sense on this issue.

The engines relate more to NSA NRO and National Geospatial Intel launches.

All 3 commercial maned craft could fly on Falcon 9.

I suspect that the Boeing CST-100 and the DreamChaser could launch from a Delta IV if they didn't care about man-rating.

Posted by 3dc 2014-05-13 17:11||   2014-05-13 17:11|| Front Page Top

#8 So, did somebody (outside "Western Elites") really expected Russia to bend over...?

We figured they would roll over like whipped dogs once we canceled their Netflix accounts.
Posted by SteveS 2014-05-13 18:48||   2014-05-13 18:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Changing the name of my dog (Sputnik).
Posted by Bubba Graiting8281 2014-05-13 18:50||   2014-05-13 18:50|| Front Page Top

#10 
Quote
=the examiner=

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A Tuesday story in Russia Today reports that Russia is moving to retaliate against American and European sanctions over its aggression in the Ukraine by in essence ending most space cooperation with the United States. It will prohibit the use of Russian rocket engines such as the RD-180 and NK-33 to launch military satellites. It is closing down 16 GPS sites in Russian territory. Finally Russia will unilaterally end its participation in the International Space Station project in 2020.
==

=The guardian=

The country's deputy prime minister, Dmitry Rogozin, said Moscow would reject a US request to prolong the station's use beyond 2020, and ban Washington from using Russian-made rocket engines to launch military satellites.
=

Sources and quotes courtesy the guardian and the examiner:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/13/russia-international-space-station-doubt-ukraine-sanctions
http://www.examiner.com/article/russia-to-evict-nasa-from-the-international-space-station-2020
Posted by 3dc 2014-05-13 19:29||   2014-05-13 19:29|| Front Page Top

#11 Who's On The Station Now?

Expedition 40 crew
May - September 2014

› Oleg Artemyev
› Steve Swanson (Commander)
› Alexander Skvortsov

Launching May 28:

› Reid Wiseman
› Alexander Gerst
› Maxim Suraev

sorry, Steve. "Ambassador Steven's protocol"
Posted by Frank G 2014-05-13 20:05||   2014-05-13 20:05|| Front Page Top

#12 [Russia] is closing down 16 GPS sites in Russian territory.

There are no AF/NGA monitoring stations in Russia. Certainly no Ground Antenna sites. So piss off. In fact, turn on GPS service denial over Russia and lets see how well Glon-ass works.
Posted by Squinty 2014-05-13 20:06||   2014-05-13 20:06|| Front Page Top

#13 Didn't they lose a bunch of glosnass satellites during a launch recently?

(Checking online... yes, in June or July of last year).
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-05-13 20:16||   2014-05-13 20:16|| Front Page Top

#14 Meanwhile, Congress bans lightbulbs...
Posted by Andy Thud1739 2014-05-13 21:57||   2014-05-13 21:57|| Front Page Top

#15  I got my velcro,..

I was good when we got Tang and microchips. Like Ship says, screw the LEO stuff and let's go get us some metallic love out in the asteroid belt. Mind the re-entry! Ad astra per capitalism
Posted by SteveS 2014-05-13 23:18||   2014-05-13 23:18|| Front Page Top

#16 His space-mule was a trifle refractory;
Its balking messed up his trajectory.
As he started to glow,
He yelled, "Watch out below --
This is lookin' a mite intersectory!"
Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2014-05-13 23:57||   2014-05-13 23:57|| Front Page Top

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