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.*"
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