BUREAUCRACY over the use of gym equipment and toilets is affecting morale on the International Space Station, according to cosmonaut , who will be the next ISS commander.
Padalka says harmony was shattered in 2003 when the Russian space agency started charging to use its facilities and other agencies followed suit. It means astronauts and cosmonauts are often asked to use only their own toilets, food and water. Padalka was recently refused access to the US-run gym, he says. “What is going on has an adverse effect on our work,” Padalka told Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. “It’s politicians and bureaucrats who can’t reach agreement,…
