NASAWatch On Newsy: ISS And Russia
As War Divides Countries On The Ground, What’s Happening In Space?, Newsy
“NASA so far has stayed out of the Twitter spats. “So they’re really sort of sitting there wondering what’s next, and nobody has an answer other than to just wait and see what is next,” Keith Cowing, editor at NASAwatch.com, said.”
Keith’s note: The bulk of the interview was with Scott Kelly who clearly has vastly greater experience in this realm and he makes some very cogent points that I fully endorse. Clayton Sandell and I had a much longer chat as he prepared this story. At some point I’ll type up some of my comments. In a nutshell I think the crew will get through this, that in the end they are a team – a crew – on a ship – and they always work and think that way first and foremost. I also said that I may be naive but I think that the ISS partnership will survive this cruel war back on Earth. This gives new importance to that phrase “Ad astra per aspera” Indeed, “to the stars through hardships”.
Thanks Keith. Looking forward to your your follow-up post.
Will it survive it? Most likely yes. Should it survive it? Oh heck no.
At the very least, the absolutely ridiculous “Soyuz-Crew Dragon Seat Swap” scheme should not go forward. And if any NASA official has a problem with that, get rid of them.
If NASA can’t make due with just the Crew Dragon until Starliner is ready, then NASA has no business setting its sights beyond LEO. And if both are ready and NASA still wants to do the seat swap scheme for double redundancy, then it needs to reassess its priorities, because that’s ludicrous.