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

On 8/26/2024 2:49 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 8/26/2024 11:34 AM, 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.

 Don't forget the 14,000 soviet nuclear weapons.  Thousands of the battlefield nuclear weapons are being distributed to the Russian troops right now.  The Ukranian advance is 300 miles inside Russia and they are not going to burn Moscow this time.

While even one nuke in a Western City would be Very Bad News, its
legitimate to wonder how many Soviet nuclear bombs are operational.
American nukes, and presumably Soviet/Russian ones, have the inital
fission element include a neutron generator as part of the ignition.
This uses some isotopes of relatively short half-lifes, such as tritium,
which gives the bombs a limited shelf life before they need to be
refurbished.
pt