I've not heard this idea before. Why wouldn't US simply allow the Soviet rocket production to just die?
Please do you have a reference for it?
Please do you have a reference for it?
So they paid Russians to develop an ISS module: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/element...
And they paid them to develop RD-180 engine: https://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/ac201/index.html