Sanctions against Russia could cause ISS to CRASH, head of Russian space agency Roscosmos warns
The International Space Station could CRASH because of sanctions against Moscow, Russian space agency Roscosmos warns, saying it could ‘fall into the sea or land’
Sanctions against Russia could cause ISS to ‘fall down’, Dmitry Rogozin warnedThe head of Roscosmos said the operation of Russian vessels could be disruptedHe added this could see the Russian segment affected and cause the ISS to fall
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Western sanctions against Russia may cause the 500-tone International Space Station to ‘fall’ or ‘land’, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos warned today.
Calling for ‘illegal’ sanctions to be lifted, Dmitry Rogozin said the operation of Russian vessels servicing the ISS could be disrupted.
As a result, the Russian segment of the station – which helps correct its orbit – could be affected, causing the 500-tonne structure to ‘fall down into the sea or onto land’.
In Telegram posts calling for ‘illegal’ sanctions to be lifted, Dmitry Rogozin (pictured) said the operation of Russian vessels servicing the ISS could be disrupted
Listing the Russian segments’ utilities in Telegram posts, Rogozin said it ‘provides duplication of the life support systems of the American segment’, including those for obtaining oxygen, removing carbon dioxide, and removing harmful impurities from the atmosphere.
‘Also, Russian means provide backup of voice and telemetry communications of the American segment of the station with ground control points,’ he added.
In one of the posts Rogozin presented a map, saying it was ‘created by American astronomers arguing with me’ but ‘just shows that Russia would least endangered by the destruction of the ISS’.
He warned other countries, ‘including those led by the “dogs of war”‘ should ‘think about the price of the sanctions they initiated against Roscosmos’.
Western sanctions against Russia may cause the 500-tone International Space Station (pictured with Endeavour) to ‘fall’ or ‘land’, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos warned
In one of the posts Rogozin presented a map, saying it was ‘created by American astronomers arguing with me’ but ‘just shows that Russia would least endangered by the destruction of the ISS’
He added: ‘The price of international space cooperation maniacally destroyed by the West. Crazy.’
Rogozin also said that the reasons and content behind Western sanctions against Russian contractors for work in the interests of the ISS was never explained ‘despite repeated demands from the Russian side’.
He added: ‘The State Corporation for Space Activities ‘Roscosmos’ sends written appeals to partners in the International Space Station – the leadership of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the European Space Agency ( European Space Agency, ESA; Agence spatiale européenne, ASE) demanding that illegal sanctions be lifted from our enterprises.’
