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Completely reckless behavior. Reminds me of when China did the same thing (and of course endangered everyone). Now that America has human flight capabilities a
by 908B64B197 5y ago
Completely reckless behavior.
Reminds me of when China did the same thing (and of course endangered everyone). Now that America has human flight capabilities again thanks to SpaceX, I think it's time to sunset space relationships with Russia just like it was done with China.
Maybe collaboration can resume once they make the decision to behave properly again.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Chinese_anti-satellite_missile_test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Chinese_anti-satellite_mi...
- shadowgovt 5y agoIt's unclear that such a sunsetting would decrease the odds of future tests. Probably wise to keep friends close, enemies closer.
- 908B64B197 5y ago> It's unclear that such a sunsetting would decrease the odds of future tests Honestly, Russia seems to be treating the ISS as a test anyways... https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2021/07/29/space-station-stable-after-earlier-unplanned-mlm-thruster-firing/ https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2021/07/29/space-station... https://www.sciencealert.com/russia-knows-what-caused-the-hole-in-the-iss-and-nasa-wants-answers https://www.sciencealert.com/russia-knows-what-caused-the-ho...
- ksec 5y ago>Probably wise to keep friends close, enemies closer. Whoever said that didn't have many enemies. -Stannis Baratheon
- yread 5y agoReminds me of when US shot down USA-193 at 250km
- 908B64B197 5y agoExcept in this case USA-193 was already losing altitude quite fast and was expected to re-enter in the following year no matter what. Now, the satellite Russia shot, Kosmos 1408 [0] had an altitude of 679 km. It will take decades for all the debris to re-enter the atmosphere. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_1408 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_1408