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Post by burnnotice on Mar 11, 2014 9:45:49 GMT -5
If that were true the program would have ended with Challenger and Columbia never would have blown up. Remember we lost two shuttles.
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Post by Apollo_18 on Mar 11, 2014 12:54:42 GMT -5
No they can't take complete control of the ISS. It's intrinsic to the design whereby the ISS is made up of several modules made by different nations. If the Russians wanted to stop giving us rides that's one thing. But a complete takeover of the station is not very likely because all the power comes from one of the American modules. It's pretty easy to cut the power off from Houston making the station useless to Putin.
There are several options, though none are optimal, that could get Americans to and from the ISS. It wouldnt be pretty and we might not be able to get off in an emergency depending on how long they had to escape but it's not entirely implausible to use alternative delivery methods to send and retrieve our astronauts as well as what other foreign countries have crew there. I believe that currently it's a crew consisting of 3 Russians, 2 Americans and 1 Japanese. The one sticky issue that I didn't realize
Until earlier today is that part of the deal we made is that the Russians are the only humans in space allowed to possess firearms.
I'm not sure how thick the hull is and what the chances if explosive decompression are if someone took a shot and it went through but it's not an event if be thrilled about entertaining the notion of.
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Post by theyarecoming on Mar 11, 2014 13:05:18 GMT -5
Even when the shuttle was operational, the planned emergency lifeboat craft to get crew members off of the ISS were the Russian Soyuz capsules that are permanently docked there -- and are docked there for that specific purpose (and are sent back to earth on a rotation schedule to keep them "fresh").
Granted, when the shuttle was docked to the ISS, the Shuttle also served as a way off of the ISS in case of an emergency, but it was only a small percentage of the time that a Shuttle was ever docked with the ISS. That's why the Russian Soyuz has always been the #1 escape plan for ALL crew members of the ISS (no matter what country they are from), even when the Shuttle fleet was still in operation. And that's why a Soyuz (or two) is always there.
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Post by silencer on Mar 11, 2014 13:18:20 GMT -5
Not based in reality at all. The code that runs the station is from the states, as is the computers. You really don't know what you are talking about. The switch to private companies for space flight was a very smart one. Quickly you will see the united states surge back to the lead.
This was very smart. Private companies will do it cheaper and better than nasa. It should also be safer.
If Russia tried anything with the station we would blast it into a million pieces. Oh you did not know we could do that Hmmmmm.
Self destruct is built into the station for if and when the time comes it needs to be in pieces.
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Post by russianspecialforces on Mar 19, 2014 9:21:44 GMT -5
Just cause we're Russian doesn't mean we're all terrorist now...
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