Re: “Did nobody stop to think what might happen in an emergency in space?”

On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 16:34:21 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:

Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:

On 25 Aug 2024 15:22:34 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
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For Apollo-Soyuz, the Soviets made up some adaptor boxes that went from >>the
American space suit connections to the Russian ones (as well as the >>adaptor
ring to connect the two capsules).  I am surprised this is not a >>solution.

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Sadly, the Soviets (and their technology) are long gone.

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I beg to differ - Soviet technology is still here. Ukraine has
destroyed 3336 tanks so far, most of those from the soviet era.
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The still use Soviet Soyuz boosters.
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One might note that Putin desires the return of the Sovyetky Soyuz.

They may use them (and lose them) but do they understand them well
enough to pair their spacecraft with ours?
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