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

On 8/28/2024 11:54 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 01:44:46 +0100, Robert Carnegie
<rja.carnegie@gmail.com> wrote:
 

On 27/08/2024 17:26, Paul S Person wrote:

On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 17:36:25 -0400, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
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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.

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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.

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While even one nuke in a Western City would be Very Bad News, its
legitimate to wonder how many Soviet nuclear bombs are operational.
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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.

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This is true, and I think I should repeat something I have pointed out
before:
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just because Putin let his Army and Navy decline doesn't mean he let
his Strategic Missile Forces do the same
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And I agree with others that we really don't want to find out.

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Submit, then.

 I don't think so. Putin's may or may not work, but I suspect ours do,
and Putin knows it. He can't save Holy Mother Russia by provoking us
to retaliate, and he won't rule anything then either.
 He's limited by his non-military background and KGB
training/experience. Plus any physical deterioration and/or mental
decline from the last several years.

Today (Wednesday the 28th) I'm seeing numerous credible sources
reporting that Russia is 'adjusting' its nuclear doctrine.
What too, I'm not sure. To what extent this is just more sabre
rattling, I'm not sure either.
pt