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Does any of this remind you of 2010 (Space Odyssey part two), where the US and Russian astronauts (that flew together) were told not to communicate anymore? I
by derekp7 13y ago
Does any of this remind you of 2010 (Space Odyssey part two), where the US and Russian astronauts (that flew together) were told not to communicate anymore? I read that a few years ago, and thought that it was somewhat comical in that it was based on what I thought were very dated world relations. Now it is coming true.
- maaku 13y agoWell, ISS operations is explicitly exempted (the story there is particularly interesting as the current commander is Russian from Crimea).
- jurjenh 13y agoGenuine question - was he Ukranian when he went up there? I guess customs for space flight isn't such a concern, but that would be a weird thing to have go down while you're off the planet...
- maaku 13y agoActually it seems there was a changeover to a new expedition a month ago and the current commander is Japanese. I was thinking of Oleg Kotov whose nationality is Russian and was prior to this but is from Simferopol, Crimea. His Expedition 38 ended on 10 March 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Kotov http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Kotov