Putin blowed up one of his own sats in orbit last November. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/nov/16/a-wild-west-out-there-russian-satellite-debris-worsens-space-junk-problem my view is that yeah there is opportunity for cooperation, but with Putin as chief, there never will be. He sees weakness and sees it as an opportunity.
-----Original Message----- From: John Clark <[email protected]> To: 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Feb 25, 2022 5:31 pm Subject: Russia and the International Space Station Russia controls the part of the International Space Station that includes its engines used to adjust its orbit, Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia's space agency, made this threat about what would happen if the west does not cooperate with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an uncontrolled deorbit and fall into the United States or Europe? There is also the option of dropping a 500-ton structure to India and China. Do you want to threaten them with such a prospect? The ISS does not fly over Russia, so all the risks are yours." John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis sii-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2EBgN0%2BgCdEM%2B-mj6Xy4DK_qqP4tt6WeSqv_Zb4%3Di-0A%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/1343939638.1391028.1645837782913%40mail.yahoo.com.
