Subj : Re: Hitching a Ride
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : McDoob
Date : Wed Mar 16 2022 12:37:48

 pF>  k9> What is the skinny on the Russians saying they would leave the USA's
 pF>  k9> astronaut up there?
 pF> 
 pF> That would end any co-operation with Russia on anything scientific and
 pF> start a new Space Race.

I'm not sure that's all that would happen. Abandoning an astronaut, stranding
them in an extremely hostile environment, is a little too close to actively
murdering him/her. And I would imagine the US would get pretty cranky if the
Bear started killing US citizens...

Obviously, the environment *inside* the ISS isn't hostile. But it's fragile.
A stray bolt, orbiting in the opposite direction, would have more kinetic
energy on impact than any bullet, dummy shell, or cannonball ever fired on
Earth. And outer space has a zero-tolerance stance on mistakes.

McDoob
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