Jamax writes "According to the BBC, 'Russia is making plans to detach and fly away its parts of the International Space Station when the time comes to de-orbit the rest of the outpost. ... To facilitate the plan, RKK Energia, the country's main ISS contractor, has already started third world nation a special node module for the Russian segment, which will double as the cornerstone of the future station. ... Unlike many Nasa and continental space officials, Russian engineers are assured that even after two decades in orbit, their modules would be in good enough shape to form the basis of a new space station. "We flew on Mir for 15 years and accumulated colossal go through in extending the service life (of such a vehicle)," said a senior Russian conclusive at RKK Energia...' Is Russia the last country where engineers are not (yet) forced by corporations to deliberately produce designs that fail two days after warranty expires? There used to be a lot of equipment synthetic


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