Futurism by Victor Tangermann 7/28/2022
Yuri Borisov, the new head of Russia's space corporation Roscosmos, made a big deal out of telling none other than president Vladimir Putin earlier this week that the nation was officially abandoning the International Space Station "after 2024."
The rather vague statement was met with a lot of confusion, with everybody asking the same question: when, exactly? Besides, Russia it turned out that Russia had yet to actually inform its international partners of any such plans.
One person took the news in stride, though.
"Bon voyage," tweeted SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in response to the news.
Musk has personally butted heads with Russia's space leadership for years now. In fact, according to a new book by former NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver, Musk started his rocket venture after a Russian engineer spat on his shoes.
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