The United States hopes for continuation of cooperation with Russia in space on the International space station program. NASA expects to continue negotiations with the Russian side about the use of the ISS after 2020.

The term of the current agreement on the application of the ISS will expire in 2020. In the Russian Federal space Agency did not hide that outline the further operation of the station. Especially no technical difficulties to extend the use of the station to 2025-2028 year no. "If we decide about flooding the ISS to 2020, then stay in development, it is like death for the space industry. As, for example, NASA has lost thousands of professionals after closing the Space Shuttle program. Earlier was closed Constellation program, also loss was measured in the thousands. Later these costs to make up, to grow new experts, will take decades. Moving forward in the development of manned fraction of the space needed", - said the head of piloted programs of Roskosmos Alexei Krasnov.

Further actions demonstrated that ISS is ready to become a victim of political disagreements between Russia and the United States: in the beginning of may, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announced that Russia does not intend to extend the ISS after 2020, because "expects to put resources into other promising space projects", reports "Izvestia". "ISS is a sensitive place for Americans, in consequence of it, and went dialogue about closing of the project, although he started after NASA made a very strange statement on the termination of cooperation with Roscosmos for all programs, except for the MKS. And so here we all understand that flooding station in 5 years pointless. Because the expedition to the moon probably will not take place until 2030. Close ISS - and get that manned spaceflight 10 years will go on forced vacation", explained anonymous source in the Russian Federal space Agency.

Taking into account the opinion of professionals, in the subsequent operation of the ISS are interested both Russia and the United States. "In-1-x, neither we nor the Americans have not yet worked out strategic project - what to do in space after the ISS. In 2, if we flooded the ISS to 2020, it is the only state on a permanent basis engaged in manned spaceflight remains China. I believe that the ISS partners agree. The space was usually higher political strife. Remember that the "Soyuz-Apollo" - a complex joint project was implemented at the peak of the cold war," said the scientific Manager of the Institute of space policy. In the device Dmitry Rogozin also argue that the fate of the ISS was not fully resolved: "the Continued operation of the plant for the period up to and beyond 2020 is a matter of negotiations between the Russian Federation and the United States."
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