05/20/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"The Russians have indicated that their intent is to separate their portion of the station in 2024."
"What is the level of commitment from some of our other international partners to operate the space station beyond 2020?"
"However, NASA continues to blame Congress for lack of resources, when it was NASA that chose to spend nearly $2 billion on a competition."
"We are also moving to another stage, past the Hubble, because of what we found in the use of having the Hubble."