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ISS: squabble between governments affect on-board morale

Moscow, Russia - Commander Padalka: "It's politicians and bureaucrats who can't reach agreement, not us"

Cohabitation on the International Space Station (ISS) doesn't seem so easy, since Russian and American governments decided that their cosmonauts must not share food and on-board facilities (such as the toilets and the gym) anymore. Commander Gennady Padalka, veteran cosmonaut who arrived on the ISS last week with the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft (see AVIONEWS), declared it to the Russian newspaper "Novaya...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1102305
Rome, Italy, 04/02/2009 15:03
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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