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When the cosmonauts were able to talk to family back on Earth, Artemyev was asked about the suits. He said every crew chooses their own. “It became our turn to
by jw_mc 5y ago
When the cosmonauts were able to talk to family back on Earth, Artemyev was asked about the suits. He said every crew chooses their own.
“It became our turn to pick a color. But in fact, we had accumulated a lot of yellow material so we needed to use it. So that's why we had to wear yellow,” he said.
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- ceejayoz 5y agoThat seems... implausible. There may be a mundane explanation: https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1504953365196943367 https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1504953365196943367
- robjan 5y agoAccording to a follow-up article by the same news outlet this tweet is the correct explanation. I'm not going to make judgement because I don't have enough information to decide either way https://www.cp24.com/mobile/world/russian-cosmonauts-suits-are-not-inspired-by-ukrainian-flag-1.5826626 https://www.cp24.com/mobile/world/russian-cosmonauts-suits-a...
- SECProto 5y agoIf "they're our university colours" was the reason, they likely would've said so when asked. Even if that was the reason when the outfits were chosen originally, that isn't the reason they gave when asked.
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- throwoutway 5y agoOr they just don't want to violate laws back home and made up an excuse
- ceejayoz 5y agoI think it’s more plausible than the number of people who’d have to be involved making custom jumpsuits and sneaking them onboard.
- goldcd 5y agoI choose to see that as plausible deniability. But then there's also a great big russian flag worked into the suit. But then there's the 'why didn't they say it was college colours?" Who knows?