US willing to pay for Russia’s help in space, Nature (subscription required)

“[University of Maryland physicist and former Russian space official Roald] Sagdeev says Griffin’s view of Russia as a competitor is misguided, given that country’s “miserable space budget”. But he adds that cooperation with Europe is now a higher priority for the Russian space programme than cooperation with the United States.”

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