Will Russia and the United States refuse to participate in the International Space Station?

Undoubtedly, the International Space Station (ISS) is the most expensive and ambitious international project so far. For over 20 years this station has been enabling mankind to conduct various scientific experiments directly on orbit, but recently the question has been raised more and more often that the station is actively degrading equipment and modules.

So both NASA and Roskosmos expressed their opinion about the probable withdrawal from this project. And what will happen to the ISS in the near future, let's think a little on this topic.

What awaits the ISS in the future

Of course, the further fate of such an international project directly depends on the whole complex, not only technical, but also economic and political factors, and each country will have its own set reasons.

For example, representatives of the Russian state corporation "Roscosmos" have more than once made a statement that the modules the stations are in a deplorable technical condition, and there is a high likelihood of soon seeing a massive failure of systems station.

Against this background, calls periodically appear to build their own (national) station in orbit. But the long-suffering module "Science" is already in the ISS, the module "Prichal" will soon be lifted into orbit, and there is a high probability that the "NEM" will also be included in the ISS.

Agree that it would be at least very strange to abandon the ISS with practically new Russian three modules and voluntarily flood them in the ocean.

The option with the ISS "disassembly" and assembly based on "fresh" Russian modules of its own station looks unlikely and technically difficult to implement. So, despite all the talk, most likely, Russia will participate in the operation of the ISS until the last.

Now let's take a look at the Americans

NASA is also starting to talk about a possible ISS outage. After all, if you believe the financial reports, the ISS costs the US space agency 20% of the total budget.

And given that NASA is now actively participating in the race for the Moon, then these huge funds would be very useful in financing the construction of a circumlunar orbital station and a base on the surface.

But here, too, it should be noted that the agents have invested colossal money in projects Grew dragon and Starline. A completely logical question arises: Why invest a lot of money in LEOs, if they will not fly anywhere, if there is no ISS?

It turns out that America also has no plans to wind down its participation in the ISS project, which means that the station will still be around for a long time. be operated, and something really extraordinary should happen so that a project like the ISS was abandoned and, all the more, flooded into soon.

Well, what do you think, what are the prospects for the ISS? Write in the comments. Well, if you liked the material, then rate it and do not forget to subscribe to the channel. Thank you for your attention!