U.S. quietly bought from Russia tickets into space
Despite the fact that the President of the United States announced sanctions war on Russia, and said that its economy is in tatters, NASA decided to buy seats on Russian spacecraft.

Despite the fact that the President of the United States announced sanctions war on Russia, and said that its economy is in tatters, NASA decided to buy seats on Russian spacecraft.
We are talking about buying a six on the manned Soyuz spacecraft, the launch of which is scheduled for 2018. These ships will take the American, European and Japanese astronauts on the ISS and return them back. The purchase of the seats in the Unions says uncertainty about the U.S. space industry that in due time it will be able to build its own manned flights. Recall that the first flights of the American manned spacecraft were scheduled for 2017.
Previously, NASA had already bought four places on the Unions for 2017. The cost of one ticket is $ 80 million, allowing Roscosmos due to earned funds to make the Russian manned space flight pribilnoe.