The new head of NASA Bill Nelson called Russia a vital partner in the International Space Station, he stated this on a briefing on May 28, his words lead RIA Novosti.
The head of the department expressed hope for the continuation of Russian-American cooperation in the comic sphere. He called the relations of the two states “outstanding.”
“Even when the relations of the two countries on the earth’s surface are experiencing a difficult period, in space we seem to be very good,” concluded Nelson.
Earlier in Roskosmos, they proposed to abandon the International Space Station due to the high cost. In the state corporation, they calculated that after 2025 avalanche-like failure of the ISS systems will begin, as a result of which further maintenance of the station will cost 10-15 billion rubles.