NASA Considers Abandoning ISS

mbstone writes "MSNBC is reporting that NASA is threatening to mothball the International Space Station unless Russia coughs up its share of the money for maintenance and support missions. NASA is now making "contingency plans" to leave the station unoccupied for as long as a year. What I want to know is, why a contingency plan? Didn't NASA already have a plan in place? Are U.S. taxpayers going to pay millions extra to develop new mothballing equipment and procedures that could have been designed-in at far less cost?? Also, I would be glad to house-sit, I use very little oxygen."

Comments

Re:If NASA is serious

[Raul654]

Hrmm... I've always wanted someone to settle the question - "What happens to the human body when exposed to space". I mean, all the scifi shows show something different happening. So, we have some pratical use for those boy bands after all

Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA

[cyt0plas]

The moderator seemed to be in a little bit of a hurry. It was "ISS abandons Russia", not "Russia abandons ISS" :)

Be careful what you wish for

[Ethelred Unraed]

If you really think you want go up to the ISS, remember that there is no broadband Net access up there, and therefore no access to pr0n -- and even worse, there's no pizza delivery.

Cheers,

Ethelred

mod this UP

[simong_oz]

Wow ... someone mod this post up as high as possible. One of the most insightful posts I've seen on slashdot.