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Originally posted by SuperDanman
What about the International Space Station? I read something that said with the Russians running out of funding, the only thing that keeps astronauts up there is the US's fleet of space shuttles. With this disaster, what's going to be the fate of the ISS?
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If I recall correctly, Russia was almost relying on Lance Bass' $20M payment to go into space aboard a Soyuz spacecraft for maintanence on its fleet.
So, maybe that's an indication of the condition of the Russian fleet? Who knows?