ISS is safe from US-Russia squabbles

摘要

Trouble below may not mean trouble above. While Russia's relationship with the rest of the world has been rocky since it annexed Crimea from Ukraine in the spring, experts say the International Space Station, at least, may be untouched. Space is hardly the most pressing consequence of Russia's actions in Crimea, which most recently saw Ukraine grant self-rule to regions controlled by pro-Russian rebels. In the US, however, the dispute raises spectres of the Cold War. Some fear that the rift is bad news for shared space projects, particularly the ISS as the US relies on the Russian Soyuz vehicle to get its astronauts there.