05-14-2014, 12:13 AM
This might just be the way human exploration of space ends and the extinction of our species becomes easily foreseeable.
http://www.newsweek.com/russia-pulls-spa...?piano_t=1
http://www.newsweek.com/russia-pulls-spa...?piano_t=1
Russia Pulls Space Cooperation in Response to Ukraine Sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will bar the United States from using Russian-made rocket engines for military satellite launches, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Tuesday, retaliating for sanctions on high-tech equipment which Washington has imposed over the Ukraine crisis.
He also said Russia would reject a U.S. request to prolong the use of the International Space Station beyond 2020...
Rogozin also said Russia will suspend the operation of GPS satellite navigation system sites in Russia from June and seek talks with Washington on opening similar sites in the United States for Russia's own system, Glonass.
He threatened the permanent closure of the GPS sites in Russia if that is not agreed by September.