Russia is threatening to cancel the return ticket to Earth aboard its Soyuz spacecraft for an American astronaut at the International Space Station. Elon Musk may send a rescue flight to retrieve him.
Russia threatens to abandon American astronaut in space as sanctions threaten peace aboard ISS
https://abc7ny.com/russia-international-space-station-mark-v…
intercst
That’s plain nasty. The ISS was always politically as well as literally above the problems on Earth.
Wendy
“That’s plain nasty.”
Wendy, you are way too polite.
Putin has a problem. A private American company is outdoing the Russian Military Industrial Complex. It’s humiliating as hell! SpaceX just gave Putin the finger with the American Broomstick Launch. More Starlink satellites to reconnect Ukraine.
SpaceX’s ‘American broomstick’ launches new Starlink batch, nails landing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBUOCaMIAy4
To add insult to injury, Musk will not ban Russian transmissions on Starlink.
Elon Musk says SpaceX’s Starlink won’t block Russian news sources ‘unless at gunpoint’
“Sorry to be a free speech absolutist.”
https://www.space.com/elon-musk-starlink-wont-block-russian-…
Putin’s ego must be looking for a hole where to hide!
The Captain
It must hurt more than Jesse Owens’ Gold Medals in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
The Captain
Russia is burning all the bridges in its relationship with the world. This is one nasty breakup.
Putin’s ego must be looking for a hole where to hide!
The Captain
Someone with lots of creativity needs to come up with a way for Vlad to save face. Likelihood of that course very poor.
It will be up to Vlad’s generals to step up to the plate and force Their Dear Leader to take a large bite of reality sandwich. He might not be Dear Leader much longer.
Russia is threatening to cancel the return ticket to Earth aboard its Soyuz spacecraft for an American astronaut at the International Space Station.
I read, somewhere along the line, in recent months, that the station is approaching end of service life anyway. Material I find on line now says 2030, then they will deorbit it.
Steve