How the ISS Would Look if Russia Pulled Out | WSJ

Amid tensions between Moscow and the West over the Ukraine war, the Russian space agency said the country would quit the International Space Station after 2024. WSJ breaks down the design of the spacecraft to see whether it could function without Russian parts.

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[nickl]

ISS was supposed to be retired and deorbited in 2015. It's components were built with a 10 year lifespan. It is now pushing passed that with some core components of the station hitting 20 years. And now its retirement has been pushed to 2030.

It is not just a political issue there is an engineering and safety issue.

[internetisinteresting]

The Russians own 7 modules of the space station and the main module is the one that keeps the space station at it's altitude

[FinancialShinanigan]

Ah yes, the international measure of a football field

[regolith]

1:52 “and that ALTITUDE control system...”
No, he didn’t say altitude. He said ATTITUDE control system, as in orientation, or which way the vehicle is pointing.
2:13 “the two Russian modules have engines and thrusters that maintain altitude”
No. Only the Zvezda module is used for that. The engines on the Zarya were permanently deactivated decades ago. If they were still active, and they fired those engines, you would damage or destroy everything behind it. Please improve your research, WSJ.

[luxuryhub]

When you're in space you're not from russia or usa, you're from earth

[andre]

Please add measurements in the metric system too for the international audience

[InlandEnergy]

US: 4:03 "we'll degrade their aerospace industry including their space program"
Russia : We pulling out of ISS
US : Oh no !! this is Russian blackmail
😅West is confused

[KonstantinTsiolkovsky-ivfw]

USSR built Mir Space Station while under sanctions. What makes them think Russia has no capability to do it again?

[cullentaussig]

Attitude control, not altitude. Attitude control is the process of controlling the orientation of an aerospace vehicle with respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity such as the celestial sphere, certain fields, and nearby objects, etc.

[seancssu]

Sadly the station is cracking apart from thermal expansion and cooling. She’s in her last decade regardless. The next station will likely be private, spaceX

[paulduncanson]

Everyone has said they will leave the ISS sometime after 2024. The USA has been more precise they plan 2030 presently. But no one has said they will leave it.

[fefedufef]

The US sanctioned the Russian aerospace program. Do you really expect that Russian space leadership will want to remain on the ISS?

[specialandroid]

The ISS is a symbol of a better time when close co-operation between Russia and the US was possible.

[surfmb]

He said “attitude” control system not “altitude” control system. Words mean things. Get it right WSJ.

[luckyluke]

This is one of many reason why America and Russia should be at least neutral partners not enemies.

[ieuanhunt]

I there any way to watch the full interview with Leroy Chiao without B roll and other stuff cutting in.

[jamesmankone]

If Russia and USA were collaborating in technology, then we would be living in the future.
I come in peace ✌️

[John-huqg]

They have been treated quite badly by the west over the conflict in Ukraine, which wasn't reciprocated when Iraq was invaded in 2003. Russia will quite rightly will pull out its equipment and expertise by 2024, and probably join up with China, Iran and the other BRICS nations.

[barometricfunk]

One important note - the U.S. technically owns Zarya. We paid for it, and Boeing contracted the work to the Russians. Yes, it’s a ‘Russian’ module in the sense that they built and launched it, but the U.S. paid for it almost in its entirety, so I’m willing to bet that even if the Russians could hypothetically detach their section and leave (they can’t b/c they’re dependent upon the U.S. section for power and orientation), they won’t be allowed to take Zarya that easily.

[ridds]

Thre U.S can't get their astronauts into space without Russia.