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Without Russia, science going solo on world’s woes, dreams

FILE - This illustration made available by the European Space Agency shows the European-Russian ExoMars rover. The war in Ukraine is causing a swift and broad decaying of scientific ties between Russia and the West. Europe's space agency is wrestling with how its planned Mars rover might survive freezing nights on the Red Planet without its Russian heating unit. (European Space Agency via AP, File) FILE - A part of the cryostat component of the ITER machine is pictured in Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France, Sept. 9, 2021. The war in Ukraine is causing a swift and broad decaying of scientific ties between Russia and the West. However, work continues on the 35-nation ITER fusion-energy project in southern France, with Russia still among seven founders sharing costs and results from the experiment. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File) FILE - The ITER Tokamak machine is pictured in Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France, Sept. 9, 2021. The war in Ukraine is causing a swift and broad decaying of scientific ties between Russia and the West. However, work continues on the 35-nation ITER fusion-energy project in southern France, with Russia still among seven founders sharing costs and results from the experiment. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File) FILE - This photo provided by the CNES shows a Russian Soyuz rocket lifting off from the Kourou space base, French Guiana, early Wednesday Dec.18, 2019. The war in Ukraine is causing a swift and broad decaying of scientific ties between Russia and the West. (JM Guillon/ESA-CNES-Arianespace via AP, File)