Russian Deputy PM: U.S. Can Go To Space 'With A Trampoline'

Thursday, May 1, 2014 - 11:00 in Astronomy & Space

Dmitry Rogozin Wikimedia Commons You may be aware that there's some love lost right now between the United States and Russia, and since NASA relies on Russia to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station, things are a bit awkward. And by awkward, I mean NASA has severed all ties with Russia besides what the agency needs to get to the ISS. But with the U.S. imposing sanctions against the country for its actions in Crimea, is ISS transport next to go? Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin engaged in either a serious threat, or a prime example of saber-rattling, when he tweeted this:   The US introduced sanctions against our space industry. God knows, we warned them: we respond to (cont) http://t.co/aI7zx6uled — Dmitry Rogozin (@DRogozin) April 29, 2014   And later added this (the punchline is "with a trampoline"):    After analysing the sanctions against...

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