The head of the Russian space agency suggested that the International Space Station could crash into the US and Europe because of the American sanctions against Russia. The US and Russia have collaborated well on the International Space Station, but recent events and the war in Ukraine may be putting things at a breaking point. President Joe Biden announced sanctions against Russia on Thursday, which he said would hurt the country's space program. More than half of Russia's high-tech imports will be cut off because of sanctions from the U.S. and its allies, according to the president. According to a translation provided by Google Translate, Rogozin asked "Do you want to destroy our cooperation on the ISS?" in Russian on Thursday.
He claimed that this would be more detrimental to the U.S. than to Russia. Russia's Progress spaceship is used to correct the space station's position, which is true, and help it avoid space trash. Without Russia's help, the space station would fall out of the sky and crash back into Earth. The scenario is alarming but wouldn't happen immediately, experts said it would likely play out over several years.
NASA would have to come up with a new method to keep the space station on the right path.
If you block cooperation with us, who will save the International Space Station from an uncontrollable deorbit and fall into the United States or Europe? Do you want to hurt them? The risks are yours because the ISS does not fly over Russia. Are you prepared for them?
Those who create sanctions should be checked for Alzheimer's disease to make sure they don't fall on your head.
Gizmodo reached out to NASA on Friday to ask about the future of U.S.-Russia cooperation in space but did not receive a response by the time of publication.
NASA stated in a statement that it is continuing to work with all international partners for the safe operation of the International Space Station.
The International Space Station currently houses seven astronauts, five of which are from NASA and the other two from Russia and the European Space Agency.
The new export control measures will allow civil space cooperation between the US and Russia. NASA does not plan to make any changes to its support for ongoing operations of the ground station.
Russia won't be able to threaten the U.S. and other countries with letting the space station crash into Earth. NASA wants to crash the space station into the Pacific Ocean in 2030. If the relationship between both continues to get worse, those plans might have to be changed.
You can read his full rant below. The original thread is here.
SANCTIONS OF ALZHEIMER
Biden said the new sanctions would affect the Russian space program. OK. It remains to find out the details: 1. Do you want to block our access to radiation-resistant space microelectronics? So you already did it quite officially in 2014.
As you noticed, we, nevertheless, continue to make our own spacecraft. And we will do them by expanding the production of the necessary components and devices at home. 2. Do you want to ban all countries from launching their spacecraft on the most reliable Russian rockets in the world?
This is how you are already doing it and are planning to finally destroy the world market of space competition from January 1, 2023 by imposing sanctions on our launch vehicles. We are aware. This is also not news. We are ready to act here too. 3. Do you want to destroy our cooperation on the ISS?
This is how you already do it by limiting exchanges between our cosmonaut and astronaut training centers. Or do you want to manage the ISS yourself? Maybe President Biden is off topic, so explain to him that the correction of the station’s orbit, its avoidance of dangerous rendezvous with space ..
garbage, with which your talented businessmen have polluted the near-Earth orbit, is produced exclusively by the engines of the Russian Progress MS cargo ships. If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an uncontrolled deorbit and fall into the United States or...
Europe? There is also the option of dropping a 500-ton structure to India and China. Do you want to threaten them with such a prospect? The ISS does not fly over Russia, so all the risks are yours. Are you ready for them?
Gentlemen, when planning sanctions, check those who generate them for illness
Alzheimer’s. Just in case. To prevent your sanctions from falling on your head. And not only in a figurative sense.
Therefore, for the time being, as a partner, I suggest that you do not behave like an irresponsible gamer, disavow the statement about “Alzheimer’s sanctions”. Friendly advice
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