Space station future adrift (Soyuz purchase crisis)

In sci.space.policy Jim Oberg wrote:
The 1998 interagency agreement called for Russia to supply 11 Soyuz,
each to serve for six months, starting with the first crew launch on Oct.
31, 2000. The 11th Soyuz expires in April 2006.
"We're planning to have both purchasing and barter agreements that
will cover 2006 to 2010," said Alexei Krasnov, head of Roskosmos'
manned-mission programs.
NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory said that "the United States
and Russia have been negotiating" the Soyuz issue and other matters.

etc....
... there is some hope, a museum with old Apollo Ships))
" ?Fund a crash program for a quick-and-dirty lifeboat designed only to save the lives of the crew. In 1987, NASA examined removing an unflown 1960s Apollo spacecraft from a museum and refurbishing it as a lifeboat. Commercial companies have proposed lifeboats that might be ready by the 2006 deadline if they get an immediate go-ahead."
ROTFL)) Regards
Adam Przybyla
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