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Yeah, pretty sure that they'll just nationalize SpaceX to prevent it from happening, but not gonna lie, it'd be funny to see how USA government would have to crawl back to Russia for ISS resupply.

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They could always ask the ESA to revive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_Transfer_Vehicle , but human access might be more of a problem.

They don’t need ESA for unmanned supplies:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_(spacecraft)

While that exists, it's definitely on the small side. In particular, for reboosting, it's likely inadequate.

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