Group, Once again, it seems that some of the Amsat-bb members have apparently no clue as to what goes on outside America.

The future of the ISS, discussion ...

It does appear that some of the contributors are oblivious to the fact that The Russians have already informed NASA that they (The Russians) intend to pull the plug, to concentrate on their own space station ... more than likely backed by The European Space Agency.

News and comments at the end of the following website. ...

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/opsek.html

GM1SXX and myself wrote an article on this very subject some time ago.

Those interested may read it at ...

http://www.observations.biz/Joint_Observations/Joint_observations_07_07_2009.htm

Somebody commented - "It's politics" ... that part is true, it's mainly a combination of politics and money.

My own personal opinion is that the Russians don't fancy the idea of footing the bill alone, and prefer to do things their own way.

73 John. la2qaa@amsat.org