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Russia has conducted an Anti-satellite weapons test. ISS crew sheltering

18 points by donohoe 5y ago

donohoe 5y ago
More details reported here: https://news.yahoo.com/dangerous-space-junk-forced-astronauts-170610993.html?fr=sychp_catchall https://news.yahoo.com/dangerous-space-junk-forced-astronaut... https://www.newsweek.com/astronauts-iss-space-debris-junk-russian-american-soyuz-crew-dragon-1649188 https://www.newsweek.com/astronauts-iss-space-debris-junk-ru...
- HenryKissinger 5y ago
  > Russian astronauts took refuge in the Soyuz MS-18 capsule, while American astronauts went to the Space Crew Dragon capsule. Each national crew going into their own pod.
  - Kye 5y ago
    Having everyone file into one pod would mean if one gets catastrophic damage, everyone could die. If one makes it, everyone in the other (who survived) can exit the hatch in their suits and make their way over.
    - Eelongate 5y ago
      It wouldn't even be possible to get everybody in one pod. Even if you cram people in like a Tokyo train, what happens if the station is actually hit and they need to use the pod to escape back to earth? They couldn't safely do that in a single pod.
sschueller 5y ago
Today its some Russian debris. Next time it could just as well be debris from two Starlink satellites colliding. We need a way to clean this stuff up which from my understanding is practically impossible. It's like collecting a few thousand pingpong balls in the ocean.
- webmaven 5y ago
  > We need a way to clean this stuff up which from my understanding is practically impossible. It's like collecting a few thousand pingpong balls in the ocean. There are ground-based and space-based options for deorbiting debris, but unfortunately they are "dual use" technologies that could all too easily be used against objects that aren't debris (although not very effectively).
  - OneTimePetes 5y ago
    Every billionaire with space capabilitys has a defacto nuke anyway. He who is out of the gravity well, has power over those who downwards dwell. Any hobo in space with a ion-thruster and a astronomically app, can hold a planet for ransom. Space civilization, has a physics based class system..
  - sschueller 5y ago
    But in a case like this, dual use doesn't result in a nuclear bomb exploding. Sure it would suck if a satellite was destroyed but it's not literally the end of the world.

18 points by donohoe 5y ago

More details reported here: https://news.yahoo.com/dangerous-space-junk-forced-astronauts-170610993.html?fr=sychp_catchall https://news.yahoo.com/dangerous-space-junk-forced-astronaut... https://www.newsweek.com/astronauts-iss-space-debris-junk-russian-american-soyuz-crew-dragon-1649188 https://www.newsweek.com/astronauts-iss-space-debris-junk-ru...

HenryKissinger 5y ago
> Russian astronauts took refuge in the Soyuz MS-18 capsule, while American astronauts went to the Space Crew Dragon capsule. Each national crew going into their own pod.
- Kye 5y ago
  Having everyone file into one pod would mean if one gets catastrophic damage, everyone could die. If one makes it, everyone in the other (who survived) can exit the hatch in their suits and make their way over.
  - Eelongate 5y ago
    It wouldn't even be possible to get everybody in one pod. Even if you cram people in like a Tokyo train, what happens if the station is actually hit and they need to use the pod to escape back to earth? They couldn't safely do that in a single pod.

sschueller 5y ago

Today its some Russian debris. Next time it could just as well be debris from two Starlink satellites colliding. We need a way to clean this stuff up which from my understanding is practically impossible. It's like collecting a few thousand pingpong balls in the ocean.

webmaven 5y ago
> We need a way to clean this stuff up which from my understanding is practically impossible. It's like collecting a few thousand pingpong balls in the ocean. There are ground-based and space-based options for deorbiting debris, but unfortunately they are "dual use" technologies that could all too easily be used against objects that aren't debris (although not very effectively).
- OneTimePetes 5y ago
  Every billionaire with space capabilitys has a defacto nuke anyway. He who is out of the gravity well, has power over those who downwards dwell. Any hobo in space with a ion-thruster and a astronomically app, can hold a planet for ransom. Space civilization, has a physics based class system..
- sschueller 5y ago
  But in a case like this, dual use doesn't result in a nuclear bomb exploding. Sure it would suck if a satellite was destroyed but it's not literally the end of the world.