[FPSPACE] NASA wary of relying on Russia

[palladium at aol.com]

<<This number ist just adding  Zarya and Zvesda together and you have
ISS. And according to my knowledge they are Krunichev made  and
Krunichev is Russian. So ISS is 90 % Russian.>>

Wow, that's quite an assertion.  OK, let's do the math.

The Russian components to the station, Zarya, Zvesda, and Pirs, add up 
to 92,603 pounds.

The U.S.-built components, Unity, Harmony, Destiny, and Quest, add up 
to 98,970 pounds.

The Columbus module is 28,219 pounds.

This does not count the U.S.-built integrated truss structure and solar 
panels, which come to about 260,000 pounds total.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't seem to make any of the above add 
up to a 90% Russian station.

<<You think the 2 nodes make up more than 10 %?>>

Looks that way. Looks more the U.S. contribution comes in at more like 
like 45% when counting total inhabitable volume (with the Russian 
segments at 42% and the Columbus module making up the balance)  and 
about 75% when counting total structural weight.

<<Columbus is European.  Like I said most of the hardware America 
wanted
to bring they cancelled. They only made the Truss.
Did I forget something?>>

Apparently so.

<<The ATV that was brought to ISS should have been there in  2004.
Everything was delayed or cancelled . But not by the russians>>

But the Russians did cancel a number of planned modules, including the 
Science Power Platform. The only major component outright cancelled by 
the Americans was the centrifuge laboratory.

Just wanted to set the record straight.

D.S. Michaels