Comments on: Space Science and Nuclear Proliferation: An Opportunity for Reflection http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3512 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Eli Rabett http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3512&cpage=1#comment-1255 Eli Rabett Sun, 03 Jul 2005 03:53:46 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3512#comment-1255 Bluntly put, without the Russians you can close the ISS. Thinking that the US can go it alone is fantasy. This is completely devoid from the question of whether the ISS has value equal to the investment in it. The whole thing gets even worse when you fold in the NASA Exploration Initiative which is a flagship for the Bush Administration. OTOH, to think that the US can use ISS as a lever in proliferation dealing with Russia is also a fantasy wrt who needs whom and what is important. Bluntly put, without the Russians you can close the ISS. Thinking that the US can go it alone is fantasy. This is completely devoid from the question of whether the ISS has value equal to the investment in it.

The whole thing gets even worse when you fold in the NASA Exploration Initiative which is a flagship for the Bush Administration.

OTOH, to think that the US can use ISS as a lever in proliferation dealing with Russia is also a fantasy wrt who needs whom and what is important.

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