[amsat-bb] Re: ISS future?

[Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

I think you are somewhat misguided if you believe that the US is the only country with satallite communications systems 
or solar voltaic panel production facilities.

Rocky Jones wrote:
   Most if not all of the major support hardware
> (solar arrays etc) are US built and maintained..without US involvement 
> the TDRSS system disappears for instance..The "bucks" required to 
> maintain the station are enormous...
> 

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