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>>31909359
That's an interesting thought.
Do astronaut officers also get orders in the event of war?

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>>31909359
The Earth goes through a full nuclear war and the astronauts look at the explosions through the windows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo

>>31909382
Why aren't they all severing each other's tethers/air hoses and pushing them out into infinity?

They are non combatants and the ISS is a non military installation. Also, they are couligues and have been friends for decades. So they would do nothing.

That being said, anti satellite missiles would be launched at military satellites. Kessler Syndromeis a cruel mistress for anything in low earth orbit.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vKW-Gd_S_xc

>>31909403
Obligatory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5-xnJCFgzY

>>31909419
You fucking kidding me? That's been illegal since the Interplanetary War Resolve Conference of 2112.

>>31909419
>Why aren't they all severing each other's tethers/air hoses and pushing them out into infinity?

Those are tethers, And they're all wearing SAFERs, so that wouldn't do much.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Aid_For_EVA_Rescue

>>31909359
>What happens in the ISS if a war breaks out between major countries?

It would be extremely painful

>>31909359
>Do Russian,Chinese and Americans astronauts attack the each other with plastic spoons ?
There is 2 Russians and 1 American on board. And Russians has Makarovs. I think they will continue their science mission and left station as usual. Maybe, American will left separately. Most radical thing to do is to separate Russian part of station from ISS. It is theoretically possible.

They sit in space and suddenly realize nobody is going to pick them up because who cares about ISS in war time.

They draw straws on who will get eaten first.

>>31909650
The ISS has an emergency reentry vehicle.

>>31909650
That is a brilliant idea. I'd watch that movie.
>>31909796
Don't ruin the moment.

>>31909359
The Chinese aren't in on the ISS, they have their own station.

>>31909809
I'll ruin your bumhole

>>31909796
Reentry into sea of nuclear fire.

Well, I suppose that's an faster way to go than starving after eating your friends.

>>31909359
Do German astronauts have G11s prepared?

Doesn't the russian reentry vehicle have a gun?

>>31909359
Economic and scientific ties are deterrents to war. We have contracts with Russia that they are going to abide by until 2018. Last month they did not renew them and suggested that we send our astronauts into orbit via a trampoline. Don't expect anything til 2018

>>31909590
This.

Astronauts are scientists, working in an international environment. They are akk very proud and happy to be part.of something so remote of lame earth politics, because most of them believe it's nonsense when there are so many things to work commonly toward for the sake if all humanity.
Also they are crammed in a tinbox together for months, they usually get along or befriend each other.
They would probably be desperate about the war and wait for it to end. If the iss is not blown away of course...

>>31909796
>>31909809

Make it so the Chinese sent a missile to down the thing that damaged the reentry vehicle while not succeeding at destroying the station or taking it out of orbit.
That'd be a good movie.
Also one of the americunts go cray and 3d print a gun to try to kill everybody

>>31909927
>Do German astronauts have G11s prepared?
No, they have a BU11 prepared.

>>31909359
In theory, Russians can undock Russian segment from ISS.
It will be very unfortunate for americans because only Russian segment have docking ports for Soyuz.

What would you do if you were a US astronaut on the ISS with a Russian female cosmonaut, when you saw America nuked without any retaliation?

Bear in mind that you have limited supplied of food and rely on the Russians to resupply you.

>>31910403
Lock myself in isolation, because the Russian ISS cosmonauts' are armed with markarov, and American astronauts' are not.

>>31910422
I thought the Russkis had MP-443s now

>>31909948
As a survival aid, yes. I think it might have been thought of and placed on a container only accessible from outside of the vehicle, though.

The Russians did bring a gun aboard the IIS.

http://www.jamesoberg.com/russiangun_tec.html

>>31911027

>the guns stock turns into a machete for chopping firewood
>in space

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>>31911115
>the guns stock turns into a machete for chopping firewood
>in space
>The delay of 46 seconds caused the spacecraft to land 386 km from the intended landing zone, in the inhospitable forests of Upper Kama Upland, somewhere west of Solikamsk. Although flight controllers had no idea where the spacecraft had landed or whether Leonov and Belyayev had survived, the cosmonauts' families were told that they were resting after having been recovered. The two men were both familiar with the harsh climate and knew that bears and wolves, made aggressive by mating season, lived in the taiga; the spacecraft carried a pistol and "plenty of ammunition", but the incident later drove the development of a dedicated survival gun, the TP-82. Although aircraft quickly located the cosmonauts, the area was so heavily forested that helicopters could not land. Night arrived, the temperature dropped to −5 degrees Celsius (23 degrees Fahrenheit), and the spacecraft's hatch had been blown open by explosive bolts. Warm clothes and supplies were dropped and the cosmonauts spent a freezing night in the capsule or Sharik in Russian. Even worse, the electrical system completely malfunctioned so that the heater would not work, but the fans ran at full blast. A rescue party arrived on skis the next day as it was too risky to try an airlift from the site.[8][9] The advance party chopped wood and built a small log cabin and an enormous fire. After a more comfortable second night in the forest the cosmonauts skied to a waiting helicopter several kilometers away and flew first to Perm, then to Baikonur for their mission debriefing.

>Implying the russian modules have not fully operational space machine guns to shoot at ayy lmaos.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a18187/here-is-the-soviet-unions-secret-space-cannon/

>>31909986
>via trampoline.

Fuck you, I just shit my pants. Topkek.

>>31911576

Hmm.

I guess its better to have and not need than need and not have.

>>31909986
>Last month they did not renew them and suggested that we send our astronauts into orbit via a trampoline.
It was US who refused to renew contracts, probably they are full enthusiastic about SpaceX's Dragon.

>>31911936
Try reading that in a real report

>>31912426
You're actually not fucking with me, are you...?

>>31909359

Nothing. Scientists / Astronauts tend to lean towards being apolitical (Since politicians only fuck up doing more science) as well a mix of star trek-esq ethics.

They'll think it's a load of bullshit.

>>31912426
Goddamn our current USGOV sucks.

>>31912390
I wonder where I've heard that logic applied before...

>>31909454
Implying none of those ruskies are actually sleeper agents and wouldn't blink an eye to murdering his so called friends in an instant

>>31909359
The Chinese are not a part of the ISS

>>31909403
>not posting the original david bowie version

KYS faggot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYYRH4apXDo

>>31909554
For (you)

>>31910353
>It will be very unfortunate for americans because only Russian segment have docking ports for Soyuz.

It's no trouble for the Americans to wait until someone relieves their asses.
Too bad Russia won't be on high enough technological level after WWIII to know the Soyuz is coming, let alone fish it out of the ocean. :^)

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It would look something like this.

>>31909359
Astronaut are scientists. Not extremists or order following sheep.
They will probably look down at earth. Than look up at the rest of the great vacuum of space. And decide life is to precious to end in the name of a country.

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>>31915587
This version is much better. Fuck David Bowie.

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>>31916587
>It's no trouble for the Americans to wait until someone relieves their asses.
ISS can not operate without Russian segment. Russian segment can operate without rest of ISS.

>>31909359
The Russians, since they actually have the capability for manned space flight, get their dudes back.

Without Soyuz for resupply the rest of the crew starve to death.
Everyone else gets to sit up there and starve to death.

>>31915587
>not posting the AEIOU version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs9Fay4mgsY

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lol, is this real /k/? Russian Space Magick?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_laser_pistol

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>>31917476
>implying space magic can be performed by anyone but the Krauts

>>31909359
astronauts would be noncombatants.

>>31909382
>c'mere mate, I'll crack yer fucking visor

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>>31909454
it wouldn't just be anti-sat attacks causing debris

if there is a nuclear exchange then mid-course anti-ballistic missiles that shoot down warheads while they are still in space like the russian Gorgan missiles protecting moscow and american GMD missiles in alaska would cause a ruckus in space too especially if the Gorgans still have low-yield neutron bomb wearheads fitted

most of western yatnikistan would get their powerlines raped by EMP trying in vain to save moscow from a unstoppable downpour of warheads and decoys

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>>31909359
Secondary Protocol

>>31918168
GET OFF
THE NUCLEAR
WARHEAD

>>31909359
Astronauts have a drinking game. Every victory by your side on Earth, you take a shot of Vodka.

>>31909796
>>31909918
>>31910071

>ISS crew receives a final transmission
>Glass everyone, nuclear holocaust now
>Use emergency re-entry to supposedly safe point after waiting weeks for supplies to dwindle
>Goes off course, putting them right outside of a nuked city
>Fiftythousandpeopleusedtolivehere.ogg
>Crew from different countries have to reach safety through a hellish world
>It doesn't end well

>>31916610

lol. its been 20 years since i saw the movie and only now do i see how ridiculous it is.

that russian piss is vital for american survival

>>31918294
I'd actually watch this if it was made into a movie.

>>31915119
>Implying none of those ruskies are actually sleeper agents and wouldn't blink an eye to murdering his so called friends in an instant

Why would the Russians waste a good sleeper agent on the ISS? There is absolutely zero strategic value to taking it over.

The Russians would have far better places for such a valuable asset.

While there those people are not russians/americans/canadians, they are astronauts, consider it citizenship, ethnicity and way of life. They simply wont fight each other.

>>31918294
They wouldn't be able to walk in normal gravity after months in 0g

>>31922249
nah they can walk, they exercise on station for this exact purpose. it'd be stupid to risk having the soyuz miss it's intended LZ and have them be unable to walk in bear infested woods in the middle of siberia for a week

it's just not recommended for them because they're supposed to have a huge team of doctors look them over. after a day or so they can walk at home.

>>31909419

see that one guy?

>>31910403

Use the sympathy points to hit that probably. Maybe cry a little for effect.

>>31912484
You tell me.
http://www.space.com/25718-russian-official-us-trampolines-space.html

>>31909796
Which lands in Kazakhstan. Pretty much inevitable that the American astronauts aboard would either be abandoned in orbit or become POWs.

>>31922406
the iss is at 51.6 degrees orbital inclination, you can just wait for it to go over the US and deorbit into the US or near it.

hell in a war scenario you could potentially even ditch it into the pacific then have a nearby attack sub surface and pick the crew up.

I'd imagine the ISS would be shut down in some form before the war due to deteriorating relationships between the superpowers. The question would be who claims it.

>>31922830
>On one occasion a Soviet spacecraft, Soyuz 23, punched through the ice of a frozen lake (nearly killing the cosmonauts), and this was unintentional.
The Soyuz capsule's parachutes filled with water and pulled the craft underwater, and frogmen had to attach floatation devices to the capsule the next morning to bring it to the surface. I would avoid landing in the ocean at all costs.

>>31922951
the soyuz has a soft landing system (rocket boosters), if you were landing in the ocean you would just separate the parachutes shortly before you activated the landing system. iirc the soyuz even has a mode to do this because of soyuz 23.

Nothing would happen. US and Soviet scientists worked together peacefully in Antarctica.

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>>31919191
KEK. It's how they glued the MIR station together. -Armageddon. Anything works if you piss on it enough,.

>>31925192
Why do 'Merricans still belive that they won the space race? Isn't the whole point of a race to come first to the finish line? First satellite, first aminam in space, first man/woman in space etc. What the fuck does a man on the moon have to do wit it? It's the SPACE race not he MOON race.
https://youtu.be/GMrBfZ5GPWA?t=27m7s

>>31925460
Endurance race, the one that gets the furthest wins. Moon was furthest, until we landed a robot on Mars. Deal with it vatniks.

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>>31909359
they look down and watch world burn.

>>31925476
nigga google voyager 1, ivan doesnt stand a chance

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>>31925476
>Endurance race
How's SpaceX doing?

>>31925593
>and two russians

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>>31925476
>W-well, now that we lost the space race let's change the definition to something we can handle
You lost it. Gagarin is more popular than Beatles. Deal with it and move on.

>>31925460

>finish line first

Exactly, finish line was on the moon.

>>31925593
>Russian media focuses on the Russians
>American media focuses on the Americans

wow
much unpredict
very surprise

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>>31925640
Whatever makes you sleep at night.

>>31925640
>Space Race
>Luna is the end of space

Ptolemy pls go

When the world is consumed by nuclear fire, theyll realize that theyre the only ones left


and theres no women

>>31909359
THIS IS MAJOR TOM TO GROUND CONTROL

I'M STEPPING THROUGH THE DOOR

AND I'M FLOATING IN THE MOST PECULIAR WAY

AND THE STARS LOOK VERY DIFFERENT TODAY

>>31910050
Potential Russian astronauts are given an American infant to care for when they start their training. Their final qualification test is to seal their american child into a weighted sphere and drop them into the ocean.

>>31909986
>Economic and scientific ties are deterrents to war.

Prior to WW2, France was Germany's biggest trading partner. Obviously, any civil war or revolutionary war is between regions that do most of their trade with one another.

Trade is good in itself, but one thing it does NOT do is promote peaceful coexistence.

>>31910422

Haul out the stern rebukes and hashtags, in accordance with standard US diplomacy.

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>>31925672
I've seen this movie before

>>31916610
That looks hilariously retarded.

I love how everyone throws their hands in the air when they get hit, like "Ah fuck, you got me, damn."

>>31925629
Then why didn't you continue and kick over the US flag?

>>31922288
Have you seen them come out of the pod? They can barely move in 1g. The exercise is done to slow the atrophy to extend safe mission duration, not completely halt it.

>>31909359
We keep the Chinese out of the ISS anyway because we don't trust them. The station personnel are Americans, Russians, Europeans, and Japs, and we've been working with the Russians in space since the 70s. It's really not going to be an issue assuming Trump wins tomorrow and de-escalates Obama's bullshit saber rattling.

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>>31911576 >not posting a picture

this plus russian space vodka (phenibut) would make things "interesting"

>>31925652
>Russian media states names of all astronauts involved
>American media states Americans name and barely mentions Russians

In this situation I support the Ruskies, there wasn't really any bias.

>>31926638
Fucking lol

>>31925652
Kind of shit to not mention the names of the Russian astronauts desu.

>>31909359

Probably nothing until the ISS resupplies stopped coming.

>>31926677
Because Soviet coat of arms was on the Moon before the American flag.

>>31928594
For this I agree, in the article NASA kind of brushed them off as "Two Russians" yet in such a shit country like Russia could you imagine what sort of accomplishments it would take to become an astronaut? They've probably achieved one of the greatest things that any Russian person living in current day Russia could have and NASA doesn't even name them.

>>31909359
It's neutral ground, so nothing.

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>>31910403
Try to bang her, for science.

>>31916610
I dont care how bad it looks now, I fucking love those effects.

>>31931025
How is Russia shit if it has great military and a space program?

>>31909454
>ISS is a non military installation.
What if..

China cannot into ISS. Literally.
So I guess that's just US Vs Russ.

>>31931933
It's not, don't be dumb.

>>31909359
>be accomplished enough in life to become an astronaut scientist on the fucking ISS
>caring about mere terrestrial squabbles

they'd probably cut comms and watch the nukes fly from the best view possible

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>>31913805
In ur pants m80

>>31920869
>won't fight eachother

They get into fist fights over petty shit all the time.

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>>31933868
>getting into fist fights in space over who drank the last tube of vodka

>>31909382
>that one guy one the left being all sneaky with a fucking power drill

LOST MY SHIT

>>31932462
Have you been there?

>>31917420
Why wouldn't the Russians bring everybody down, and repatriate the Americans through POW exchange channels?

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>>31925460
There are many space races.

The Russians had the first satellite, it is true. But Sputnik was a simple beacon that went dark in less than a month. The Explorer 1, launched by the US the next year, carried several science payloads, including micrometeorite counters and the sensors that would provide the first data about the Van Allen belts.

The US was first and only to the Moon. Russia, on the other hand, progressed rapidly in space station operations. The US is hands down the reigning champ in Mars missions, interplanetary probes, orbital observatories, and GPS. The Russians, on the other hand, own all the records for sucessful Venus missions.

The Americans have the first and most reusable spaceplane missions, including over a hundred payload-carrying trips to orbit. The Russians had the first flight of an unmanned orbital spaceplane, a test flight. The Americans came to this race much later, but brought practical applications with them.

It's not a single space race. It's an entire space olympics. In many of the events, Russia has been first out the gate, but has not been the best performer overall. In other events, Russia has clearly invested in expertise and mastery, and should rightfully be proud.

>>31909359
they have talked about this before
the astronauts don't see themselves as part of it. There is no point in fighting amongst themseleves.
it's likely they would finish out the mission duration then use the soyuz pods to return to earth if there is still the possibility of landing in a country that hasn't been nuked to shit.

>>31911115
it's for surviving in sibera when the russian government makes you walk back to moscow after landing.

>>31929632
American flags are first to spread throughout the universe, beyond the solar system.

>>31909359

nothing

itt: children

>>31909510
>not sure if rush reference

>>31917476
>Filename
DIE, KRAUT SCUM

>>31909554
it's a big station

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>>31912631

>Nothing. Scientists / Astronauts tend to lean towards being apolitical (Since politicians only fuck up doing more science) as well a mix of star trek-esq ethics.
>They'll think it's a load of bullshit.

This.

Imagine if you had a friend who was born in another country but who you had known for YEARS.

Suddenly some politician says you two can't be friends because of reasons.

Do you abandon your friend? Or say "FUCK YOU AND YOUR POLITICS"?

>>31931472
Because a large portion of the economy is going into the VERY BIG military and the space program

>>31909419
Teathers are DAYUM tough and some of them have manned maneuver units.

>>31909382
lost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSSVM0TpqCs