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Democracy has a really big problem where a lot of upper middle management is effectively nobility all over again so they're only accountable to their own reputation and never really worked in any of the professions they decide over.
That's something of a non-issue because there's unbroken chain of cooperation on space going back to the cold war. They've been flying up and down on Russian craft since always and especially since the space shuttle program was shut down under the Obama administration.
It's really a matter of schedule more than anything. They weren't on the timetable because America said they had it covered.
The US really just needs to ask.
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Ooooooooh, you want plot lines?
YOU. WANT. PLOTLINES?!?!?
A key firmware update that allows separation and return was patched out before launch for unclear reasons. So we have an actual unironic "I must do this dangerous thing by hand while my colleague watches helplessly" type setup.
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