The family of a US astronaut who faces being stranded in space by the Russians last night warned: 'Our son does not scare easily.' Her son is due to return to Russia-supporting Kazakhstan after 355 days in orbit – the longest time a Western astronaut has spent in space – but Rogozin, an ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin, posted a video on Twitter that threatened to leave Mr Vande Hei in space and detach Russia's segment of the ISS, which would send it spiralling down to Earth.
Nasa's Mark Vande Hei is due to return from the International Space Station (ISS) with two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on March 30.
But Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, has threatened to leave the 55-year-old father-of-two in space – or even send the space station crashing back down to Earth – in retaliation for the US supporting Ukraine against the Russian invasion.
It came in response to US President Joe Biden announcing sanctions against Russia which would 'degrade their aerospace industry, including their space programme'.
Rogozin said: 'Do you want to destroy our co-operation on the ISS? If you block co-operation with us, who will save the ISS from an uncontrolled de-orbit and fall into the United States or Europe?'
In an exchange with retired US astronaut Scott Kelly, Rogozin repeated his threat, writing: 'Get off, you moron! Otherwise, the death of the ISS will be on your conscience.'
In fresh threats last night, Rogozin claimed that 'illegal' sanctions could cause the 500-ton ISS to crash down over Western countries.
He said: 'The populations of other countries, especially those led by the 'dogs of war', should think about the price of the sanctions against Roscosmos.'
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This makes me soo happy Obozo killed the Shuttle program and made NASA's primary mission muslim outrage.
ReplyDeleteWTF is Kelly getting involved in this for? He isn't a diplocmat or elected to deal with US foreign policy. What was that law that they threatened Flynn with? The Logan Act?
ReplyDeleteThe law addresses U.S. citizens’ private correspondence with foreign governments or interference in foreign diplomacy. 18 U.S.C. 953 (2012) states:
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
GFY Kelly.
So - Elon Musk launches a Dragon capsule to rescue the astronaut , making him even more like Tony Stark than he already is .
ReplyDeleteHopefully changing the locks on the ISS doors while he's at it, so the Russians are locked out !
:-)
Elon has room for SEVEN while only using FOUR.
ReplyDelete"Hold my beer Russia!".
Turns out it's a hoax. More fake news.
ReplyDeletehttps://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2022/03/no-russia-is-not-threatening-to-leave.html
Well played - all of you...
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