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[deleted] t1_j1ghcux wrote

Reply to comment by davispw in Russia may need to send a rescue mission to the International Space Station for 3 astronauts after a leak in their Soyuz capsule by A_Lazko

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davispw t1_j1ghz6h wrote

The ISS has American and Russian segments—it’s literally designed so that both countries must continue to cooperate. Designed in the 90s by ex-Soviet engineers who were plenty competent (and who the US wanted to keep employed so they didn’t go off and work for the highest bidder building guided missiles or whatever). Please, go back to the 80s and tell them how you feel!

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RhesusFactor t1_j1hbo2n wrote

Uncomfortable as it might make you feel, The soyuz has been the most flown and reliable human rated spacecraft ever.

Also consider the cause of this problem is soyuz MS22 has been whacked by some debris. It could have whacked the Crew Dragon instead. Would you still go off then?

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Enzown t1_j1j2pjd wrote

What if I told you that between the retirement of the space shuttle and the rise of Spacex the ISS was fully reliant on Russian rockets.

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