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Inside the Cosmonaut Survival Kit (2013)

47 points by benbreen 12y ago

andyjohnson0 12y ago
For comparison, US medical and survival kits from Mercury to Apollo [1]. [1] http://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/apollo-to-the-moon/online/astronaut-life/medical-survival.cfm http://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/apollo-to-the-moon/onl...
CmonDev 12y ago
Good article, not too much anti-russian speech. Also see the space laser handgun: http://englishrussia.com/2013/10/05/laser-gun-for-a-soviet-cosmonaut http://englishrussia.com/2013/10/05/laser-gun-for-a-soviet-c...
Luc 12y ago
Not long ago I saw, on a live feed, one of the Russian cosmonauts use a large dagger, during an EVA to install the new cameras facing earth. I guess it's not all that different from using a diving knife, but it was weird to see that double-edged weapon used in space.
- qwerta 12y ago
  Would you provide more details to trace-back this footage?
  - Luc 12y ago
    It was on 2013-12-27, or at least that was the date in Western Europe. The knife had what looked like a leather sheath. I remember seeing it through the wall of his perspex toolbox after he tidied it up. Good luck :)
    - qwerta 12y ago
      Found it. Third part 2:21:40. http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8647:expedition-38-russian-spacewalk-37-december-27-&catid=1:latest http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_c...
      - Luc 12y ago
        Bravo. I'm surprised you found that in all those hours of video! I wonder if it's custom made or a regular diving knife. Those Orlan space suit gloves are quite bulky.
        qwerta 12y ago
        Download and fast forward, 10 minutes.
huhtenberg 12y ago
> here are the three coolest-looking cosmonauts I found while researching this post ... > Tereshkova Yes, the first woman in space. Had a major panic attack during the flight, screamed her lungs out, vomited all over the capsule and prompted Korolev to instigate the "no women in space while I'm alive" rule, which was in fact observed. > Musa Manarov Incidentally I worked with a guy who was training as Manarov's double for one of his flights. But then something didn't work out, he left the program and ended up writing (accounting) software for living.
- benbreen 12y ago
  What's the source for the Tereshkova thing? The first that came up for it is longtime space journalist James Oberg writing in 1981 that it's "a malicious rumor," then allowing that it might be true but it's a state secret. And then a bunch of recent articles that mention her vomiting but not the other stuff.
  - huhtenberg 12y ago
    I heard it from my dad, who heard it from his, who in turn was friends with some top brass in the space program and apparently it was an open secret in those circles.
- charliepark 12y ago
  Yes, … observed. This is a shitty comment and makes HN and the internet at large a worse place. I don't have time to engage in an extended debate about this, but I wanted to note, publicly, that this is inappropriate. (If you had contact info in your profile, I'd have sent this directly. Feel free to contact me by email, but I can't promise I'll be able to respond.)
  - Jun8 12y ago
    I think yours is the worse comment in that it makes a judgement and provides no thoughts to back it back, making it quite useless. A good practice in commenting I think, is to provide some kind of why. The parent comment at least provided an informational nugget (which may or may not be true). If you think the information is provided in the comment is falso, say so. If not, what your position devolves into standard censorship.
ubercore 12y ago
> NASA spent nearly 20 years developing a form of space ice cream that astronauts found palatable. When will the internet get over the space pen meme?
KC8ZKF 12y ago
Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good time in Vegas with all this stuff.
- PhantomGremlin 12y ago
  I think the full quote is in order. [1] It's hilarious: Major T. J. "King" Kong: Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff. BTW since the movie was released shortly after the JFK assassination, "Dallas" was dubbed to "Vegas" in post-production.[2] [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/trivia?tab=qt&ref_=tt_trv_qu http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/trivia?tab=qt&ref_=tt_tr... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove#Kennedy_assassination http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove#Kennedy_assassi...
hcarvalhoalves 12y ago
I'm skeptical Makarov's main purpose was scaring off bears. More likely a quick way for the cosmonaut to terminate it's own life?

47 points by benbreen 12y ago

For comparison, US medical and survival kits from Mercury to Apollo [1]. [1] http://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/apollo-to-the-moon/online/astronaut-life/medical-survival.cfm http://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/apollo-to-the-moon/onl...

CmonDev 12y ago

Good article, not too much anti-russian speech. Also see the space laser handgun: http://englishrussia.com/2013/10/05/laser-gun-for-a-soviet-cosmonaut http://englishrussia.com/2013/10/05/laser-gun-for-a-soviet-c...

Luc 12y ago

Not long ago I saw, on a live feed, one of the Russian cosmonauts use a large dagger, during an EVA to install the new cameras facing earth. I guess it's not all that different from using a diving knife, but it was weird to see that double-edged weapon used in space.

qwerta 12y ago
Would you provide more details to trace-back this footage?
- Luc 12y ago
  It was on 2013-12-27, or at least that was the date in Western Europe. The knife had what looked like a leather sheath. I remember seeing it through the wall of his perspex toolbox after he tidied it up. Good luck :)
  - qwerta 12y ago
    Found it. Third part 2:21:40. http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8647:expedition-38-russian-spacewalk-37-december-27-&catid=1:latest http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_c...
    - Luc 12y ago
      Bravo. I'm surprised you found that in all those hours of video! I wonder if it's custom made or a regular diving knife. Those Orlan space suit gloves are quite bulky.
      - qwerta 12y ago
        Download and fast forward, 10 minutes.

huhtenberg 12y ago

> here are the three coolest-looking cosmonauts I found while researching this post ... > Tereshkova Yes, the first woman in space. Had a major panic attack during the flight, screamed her lungs out, vomited all over the capsule and prompted Korolev to instigate the "no women in space while I'm alive" rule, which was in fact observed. > Musa Manarov Incidentally I worked with a guy who was training as Manarov's double for one of his flights. But then something didn't work out, he left the program and ended up writing (accounting) software for living.

benbreen 12y ago
What's the source for the Tereshkova thing? The first that came up for it is longtime space journalist James Oberg writing in 1981 that it's "a malicious rumor," then allowing that it might be true but it's a state secret. And then a bunch of recent articles that mention her vomiting but not the other stuff.
- huhtenberg 12y ago
  I heard it from my dad, who heard it from his, who in turn was friends with some top brass in the space program and apparently it was an open secret in those circles.
charliepark 12y ago
Yes, … observed. This is a shitty comment and makes HN and the internet at large a worse place. I don't have time to engage in an extended debate about this, but I wanted to note, publicly, that this is inappropriate. (If you had contact info in your profile, I'd have sent this directly. Feel free to contact me by email, but I can't promise I'll be able to respond.)
- Jun8 12y ago
  I think yours is the worse comment in that it makes a judgement and provides no thoughts to back it back, making it quite useless. A good practice in commenting I think, is to provide some kind of why. The parent comment at least provided an informational nugget (which may or may not be true). If you think the information is provided in the comment is falso, say so. If not, what your position devolves into standard censorship.

ubercore 12y ago

> NASA spent nearly 20 years developing a form of space ice cream that astronauts found palatable. When will the internet get over the space pen meme?

KC8ZKF 12y ago

Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good time in Vegas with all this stuff.

PhantomGremlin 12y ago
I think the full quote is in order. [1] It's hilarious: Major T. J. "King" Kong: Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff. BTW since the movie was released shortly after the JFK assassination, "Dallas" was dubbed to "Vegas" in post-production.[2] [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/trivia?tab=qt&ref_=tt_trv_qu http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/trivia?tab=qt&ref_=tt_tr... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove#Kennedy_assassination http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove#Kennedy_assassi...

hcarvalhoalves 12y ago

I'm skeptical Makarov's main purpose was scaring off bears. More likely a quick way for the cosmonaut to terminate it's own life?