they're going to leave and so far, they haven't. >> do you think that the united states should be inviting china onto the international space station? >> that's -- that's a complex question. >> why? >> it's a political question. because there's a -- you know, our government has, you know, issues with human rights. violations. you know, issues with, you know, technology transfer or -- um -- so that's the challenge there. >> reporter: the government has similar issues with the russians. >> our government does. yeah. >> yeah. >> but -- >> alexei navalny. about a. >> yeah, exactly. but i am not -- i don't work for the government so it's not for me to decide. >> but just broadly speaking, wouldn't it be nice for sort of global cooperation to have everyone onboard and kind of put their earth -- earth differences aside? >> i think it would be, yes. but that's not for me to decide. >> got ya. so, if you were making the decisions, you would invite the