Russia Leaves the ISS to ‘Build its Own Space Station’

SANDY HOSIER: Russia is going its own way yet again, baffling the international community by announcing it will end its decades-long partnership with NASA at the International Space Station by 2024. It’s reasoning? Well, they just don’t like playing INNformation with others and want to, quote, ‘build their own space station’. It remains uncertain exactly how Russia will build a space station, given they’ve only ever launched 7 others in the past, including the world’s first back in in 1971. Oh, and the Mir Spacestation, which was occupied for 4592 days between 1986 and 2001.

“It remains uncertain exactly how Russia will build a space station, given they’ve only ever launched 7 others in the past.”

The decision is unlikely to have any effect on NASA, even though the American space agency no longer has the capability to take Astronauts to space without employing Russia or private companies. Mainstream media will remain committed to continuing their stellar coverage of our planet’s orbiting outpost, so you can expect the same exciting news about the work being conducted on the space station, such as… the … umm…

The ISS is the world’s 9th and largest space station and is divided into two sections, one operated by Russians and the other by the US, Japan, EU and Canada, which helps create similar conditions to here on Earth. Meanwhile, China has launched its own ‘Tiangong’ space station, set to be completed by the end of the year. Sources familiar with space say that China has been a major influence on President Putin, who may station himself aboard the space outpost to watch over his wars. Fortunately, President Biden has a US Space Force, the formerly ridiculous Trump idea, now seen as being key to monitoring American rival space initiatives. However it is unlikely Russia will have the funds to complete its new space station, given their war expenses, good news for the US, who can [obviously] afford to be there. 

“…it is unlikely Russia will have the funds to complete its new space station, given their war expenses, good news for the US, who can [obviously] afford to be there.” 

In unrelated news, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has announced that the US city of Jackson’s main water treatment facility is about to fail and won’t be able to produce the water it needs to fight fires, flush toilets and meet other needs such as keeping people alive. Current US debt is closing in on 32 trillion dollars as it continues to pump record amounts of money into Ukraine.