Re: Politics on the ISS

I'm sure it will all be sorted out. Its too public for it to be allowed to
fail I think.


Brian

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The solution is quite simple:

Convert one of the MPLMs into a law court and leave it permanently
attached to the station. Then crew the station with 3 lawyers, 2 judges
and one scientist. The project could become self funded if "Court TV"
decides to buy the TV rights and place cameras 7/24 on the ISS to produce
a reality TV show. (Instead of "Big Brother", they can call it "Damned
Laywer")


Imagine the planet cheering when every week, the judges decide which
lawyer will be kicked out the airlock. (and a new lawyer sent up by Soyuz
to replace him).


Seriously though, except for node-2, columbus and kibo, the station
modules really really need each other.

the US section requires the russian section for propulsion/reboosts. The
russian section requires the electrical power from the US section. So a
2010 scenario where they separate the russians from the americans is not
really possible on the ISS, especially since the escape pods/soyuz are on
the russian side and it would leave americans without any means of escape.

If/when ATV actually flies, it will give Europe an imporant wedge into the
"life critical" ISS loop since it will provide reboost capabilities as
well as important resupply that will be badly needed by both russians and
americans.

Where things could get interesting is Russia no longer accepting to ferry
USA crews to the station.


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