In 2019 NASA may be unable to send astronauts to the ISS for nearly a year

[Justin Swanton]

Check out this article.

It raises an interesting theme for a novel. NASA decides to let two American ISS crewmembers stay on the ISS for several months until SpaceX is finally ready with its NASA-certified Dragon. Since nobody knows exactly when that will be the ISS has a generous excess of supplies. The months turns into a year, then a year and a half, then something happens...

 

[Anthoney]

It angers me. Five billion dollars on an ugly destroyer whose guns don't work but the space program costs to much.

 

[Onyx]

There's nothing preventing the US from renewing or extending their contract with Russia, is there?

 

[Justin Swanton]

There's nothing preventing the US from renewing or extending their contract with Russia, is there?

The article suggests the Russians might not be too keen, but I don't know how much truth there is in that.

 

[Onyx]

The article suggests the Russians might not be too keen, but I don't know how much truth there is in that.

Who knows how anyone is going to feel by 2019.