Imagine being the cosmonaut charged with making such an adjustment. The ISS has always been a mission of cooperation and this threat is totally anathema to that. I would hope that such a person would refuse the order and suffer the consequences. Of course, I'm assuming such a maneuver would require the cosmonaut to execute it. If not, the threat is more serious.
Terren On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 5:31 PM John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > Russia controls the part of the International Space Station that includes > its engines used to adjust its orbit, Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia's > space agency, made this threat about what would happen if the west does not > cooperate with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. > > "*If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an > uncontrolled deorbit and fall into the United States or Europe? There is > also the option of dropping a 500-ton structure to India and China. Do you > want to threaten them with such a prospect? The ISS does not fly over > Russia, so all the risks are yours.*" > > John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis > <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> > > sii > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2EBgN0%2BgCdEM%2B-mj6Xy4DK_qqP4tt6WeSqv_Zb4%3Di-0A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2EBgN0%2BgCdEM%2B-mj6Xy4DK_qqP4tt6WeSqv_Zb4%3Di-0A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAMy3ZA-nY8B05%2Bu9OjioHMvmop_8VV%2BDK03d4zyiyf5CqOKH0w%40mail.gmail.com.
