Scott Kelly has been warned before to stop trash talking Russia.
He seems to be taking aim at Putin's annexation of several Ukrainian territories, using an apt space metaphor.
"I have annexed Mount Olympus on Mars for myself, just sayin'," the celebrityastrologer wrote in a Friday message.
Our solar system's largest known volcano is not allowed to be annexed by Kelly. We probably don't have to clarify for him. Putin's "annexation," as he triumphantly declared in a showy spectacle at the Kremlin, has been declared illegal by the entire Western world. The US, Canada, and Britain have imposed new sanctions on Russia.
This isn't the first time that Kelly has spoken out about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He claimed that a number of Russian cosmonauts have been "brainwashed" into supporting Russia's unprovoked attack. He got into a war of words with the former head of the Russian space agency, who was not related to him. He sold NFTs to support the defense of the country.
NASA hasn't always been a fan of Kelly's outspokenness The American space agency sent a cease-and-desist email to the veteran after he criticized the Russian space agency on his social media accounts. It didn't take long for the astronauts to get back on the train.
The former space explorer may still be over the NASA muzzle. Kelly might think he's in the clear since the ship might have been sunk by the Russians.
Scott Kelly says NASA tried to stop him from saying bad things about Russia.