NASA spokesman on the Russia/Ukraine crisis

[Ichingcarpenter]

U.S. astronauts don't have to worry about this being their last mission to the International Space Station for a while.
“We do not expect the current Russia-Ukraine situation to have any impact on our civil space cooperation with Russia," NASA spokesman Allard Beutel said in a statement.

He added that the ISS program's success is based on the "mutual dependence" of everyone involved.

"As such, it is in the best interest of all ISS partners not to allow disruption of operations that have maintained continuous human presence on orbit for over a decade," he said.

He called the relationship between NASA and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, "professional, beneficial, and collegial."



http://cnnworldlive.cnn.com/Event/Crisis_in_Ukraine_2/108227084

grownups......

[Democracyinkind]

1. Ahhh... Scientists, explorers. Much the better lot than politicians. nt

[newthinking]

2. I suppose some will call them "putin lovers" now?

Seriously though, good to hear science will continue on.

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. Nobel Peace Prize for the International Space Station

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore has proposed awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for the International Space Station, the largest international peacetime project in history.
The Russian Academy of Sciences has now offered their support of the idea, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday (Jan. 21).

“Al Gore has approached the Russian Space Agency [Roscosmos] with a proposal to nominate the ISS, meaning those who created it, for the peace prize,” academician Lev Zeleny told the presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
“Roscosmos asked us to support this proposal,” said Zeleny, a vice president of the academy.

The scientist explained that the nomination would include as one body all space agencies and organizations that take part in the ISS project.

http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum30/HTML/001245.html

[xchrom]

4. du rec.

[ctsnowman]

5. Exactly!