T+210: Ukraine, Russia, and the Space Industry (with Debra Werner)
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A Tramppline to the Space Station
We had no other way to get astronauts to the space station, except in soyus. At the time, i'm when a rogosen, who was then the deputy prime minister, said, maybe the us. Would like to use a trampline to get people to the space stations if we don't take them. Um, his bluster is perfect for getting congress to realize the straits we were iny. Ah, so it's interesting to consider the alternative history here where that didn't kick start funding into commercial crew. Where we would be to day if that didn't hapen cus 20 14, we didn't fly until 20 20. There's a pretty int gap
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