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Nasa astronauts stuck in space since June face further delay (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 55 points 2 years ago (4 children)

if this happened to the USSR at any point or to China we'd never hear the end about it

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    something similar happened in the USSR, but only due to its collapse. The story of Sergei Krikalev is a very sad one and an inspiration for a lot of sovietwave/doomer art. he went into space a cosmonaut for the greatest country on earth, but it collapsed while he was up there.

    since the whole collapse was so devastating it took a bit of time before the Russian Federation was even able to organize a rescue. he was supposed to only be in space 100 days but it was extended to 311 days.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    If this happened under Trump, we'd have never heard the end of it.

    Fuck, it's still weird that it hasn't been the main story (pre-:luigi-dance:, of course). If this happened 10 years ago, FOX News would have had a great big ticker under every segment that said WEEKS:DAYS:HOURS:MIN:SEC that OBAMNA has left Our astronauts STRANDED!!!

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    • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Oh god, they're gonna die up there aren't they?

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    if it gets desperate theyll probably just do like that one west virginian town who begged for a bridge from the ussr to get the US to act, they'll send some desperate appeal to china who will start pretending like they'll devise a rescue mission which will get the US off its ass

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's literally illegal for Americans to ask China for co-operation in space related matters thanks to The Wolf Amendment and Russia due to sanctions. I don't believe other space faring nations have the capability right now, either.

    Imagine even hinting at asking China for help and getting slapped with High Treason as soon as you land on Earth.

    That and they'd probably slap tax evasion on top.

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    • [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    And I think it's gonna be a long long time

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    [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    stretching mission that was supposed to last only eight days to more than nine months

    honkeys are forcing space pregnancies now

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    • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    yuri

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    [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Living their best lives

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