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Re:SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts who ... by skissane on Sunday September 29, 2024 @12:09AM (#41684833)
NASA still gives Roscosmos money, in exchange for Roscosmos doing ISS-related stuff for NASA. NASA has a contract with Roscosmos for "joint spaceflight activities" which does not expire until the end of this year. I don't know if it can be extended past this year or not, but since the contract dates to 1993, I suspect they will continue to extend it year-by-year until the ISS program is terminated.

https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_NAS1510110_8000_-...

So far this year NASA has executed 7 contract modifications (from February through September), under which it has paid Roscosmos an additional US$2.6 million. While that's not a huge amount of money, it doesn't look like there is a hard prohibition on NASA paying Roscosmos for services.

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Re:SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts who ... by dotnet00 on Sunday September 29, 2024 @12:19AM (#41684873)
I mean, you can probably see how paying for a rescue mission would be blatantly different from payments related to ongoing ISS operations...
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Re:SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts who ... by lupusreal on Sunday September 29, 2024 @07:50AM (#41686696)
Why are you still making up bullshit? NASA isn't cooperating with Russia because their hands are tied by prewar contracts. They're cooperating with Russia because it's a mutually beneficial arrangement which was extended in 2023 after Russia's war began.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/russia-us-agree-add...

August 25, 2023

> Aug 25 (Reuters) - Russian and U.S. space authorities have agreed an additional flight for an American astronaut on board Russia's Soyuz MS spacecraft, Interfax news agency said on Friday, in a rare sign of bilateral cooperation at a time of high tension over Ukraine.

You have the same internet I do, you should be able to find this information yourself. Stop being a dumbass, unsubscribe from your reddit or wherever it is that's influencing you to think you can know things by bullshitting instead of researching.

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