ross cosmos. chief dmitri rosen reminded the world on twitter that the west is dependent on russia. the atmosphere causes the i assess to steadily lose about 70 meters of altitude every day. and its russian supply ships that regularly lift the i assess back into its original orbit. but rose cosmos also needs nasa. a large part of the stations, electricity comes from the u. s. module, it would be very difficult for us to be upgrading on our own. i assess is an international partnership that was created as an international partnership with joint dependencies, which is what makes it such an amazing program. but western space agencies have long sought to lose their dependency on rushes space agency and private companies are now also in on the action. they've been developing their own spacecraft that can transport people and materials to and from the station they could also correct the orbit of the i assess. but all of that will take time if the i assess is to continue its operation. russia and western countries have no other choice but to continue working together in the near future. th