The point of the ISS is international cooperation in space. I don't have a problem with a civvie visiting the ISS so soon - I have a problem with the Russians working a deal with Tito when it should have been a decision made and agreed upon by all ISS partners. I think it's ludicrous that the Russians are selling seats on the ISS and they just expect everyone else to just live with it. That's rather like owning a one-room apartment with a few friends, then someone invites their mother over to live in the one-room apartment for a couple weeks, just for fun, without asking anyone else.
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... to the 1960's, China!
The point of the ISS is international cooperation in space. I don't have a problem with a civvie visiting the ISS so soon - I have a problem with the Russians working a deal with Tito when it should have been a decision made and agreed upon by all ISS partners. I think it's ludicrous that the Russians are selling seats on the ISS and they just expect everyone else to just live with it. That's rather like owning a one-room apartment with a few friends, then someone invites their mother over to live in the one-room apartment for a couple weeks, just for fun, without asking anyone else.