Gee, this is really the sort of thing that fills you with a warm feeling of cross-national brotherhood and fellowship, isn't it?
Russia has warned President Biden that it needs their tech and expertise to prevent the International Space Station from crashing down onto the US or Europe.
The country is a key part of the 15-nation partnership that has kept the ISS orbiting Earth for 23 years but relations are at an all-time low because of Russia's decision to invade Ukraine.
Look, I'm no international relations expert, but right about now it feels like it was kinda a little teensy weensy bit of a mistake to make Russia a "key part" of any sort of international cooperative effort. I dunno.
I mean did that occur to, like, nobody?
On Thursday, Joe Biden unveiled new sanctions that he said would "degrade" Russia's "aerospace industry, including their space programme"...
Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin warned that Russian engines control the station's orbit and location.
"If you block cooperation with us, who will save the International Space Station (ISS) from an uncontrolled de-orbit and fall into the United States or...Europe?" he said.
Yeah there's only one way the U.S. should respond after receiving a message like that:
Might be about time to kick ol' Mother Russia out of the Space Station. Just saying.
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