Comment Re:It's already known that they won't (Score 1) 31
ISS has been extended to at least 2032, and there's a caveat that for any commercial station "taking over", there must be a 6-month overlap (so it could extend further). NASA will have crews on both during those 6 months, I think.
The U.S. Congress committed to doing so. Russia has not. Is the U.S. going to seize and operate the Russian modules? What if the Russians remove key components, delete the software or otherwise render their modules non functional?