Philip Chien wrote:
a cash-strapped Russia wants
compensation for building more of the spacecraft after 2006.

Correction. 'Capitalist' Russia, NOT 'cash-strapped' Russia. If it's
'cash-strapped', then the same can be said to N.A.S.A. and even the
U.S.A.



Well... Political issues aside (considering that the U.S.A., the
Russia federation, the P.R.C., and so on are run by the same group)
the actual question is, is I.S.S. still going to be use after the 11th
Soyuz?

If yes, then more Soyuz or what ever vehicle will be supplied. How to
do it is up to the people involved to decide the way.

If not, then just use the I.S.S. without a lifeboat or abandon the
I.S.S.

What? Abandon the I.S.S.?

Why not? Mir obviously is scrapped that easily, despite its historical
nature, its capability, and so on. But of course, one of the primary
reasons on why Mir was scrapped it was because it symbolize the
superiority of the U.S.S.R.


This I.S.S. without a lifeboat thing is intentionally overblown with
the intention to terrorize people.