Russia: Don't mess with me, I'll give you a good look!
According to media reports, Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian Federal Space Agency, frequently made harsh remarks to the United States on Twitter, to the effect that if the United States supports Ukraine again and comes out, it will not blame Russia for being rude.
Dmitry Rogozin went on to tweet that since the construction of the International Space Station, Russia has paid and contributed very little. Indeed, Russia has invested a cumulative $12 billion in the International Space Station, ranking second among more than a dozen member states after the United States.
However, all 31 test cabinets of the International Space Station were occupied by the United States, and the United States also extended its claws to the Japanese "Hope" experimental module and the European "Columbus" cabin occupied half of the cabinets, and Russia did not even drink soup!
Dmitry Rogozin said that if the United States is no longer obsessed, it will let the International Space Station fall in advance, and whether it falls in the United States or Europe depends on Russia's mood. It should be known that the core engine of the space station is provided by Russia and controls the position and orbit of the space station.
Rogozin is not lying about this, Russian space engine technology is second to none in the world, the United States, the European Union, South Korea, Japan are his customers. After the deterioration of relations between Russia and Ukraine, the United States suspended its space cooperation with Russia for its younger brother, but the backhand was cut off by Russia's engine supply.
According to the U.S. Wishful Thinking International Space Station is to "stand up" until 2031, crashing into the Pacific Ocean in January. The problem is, this is American wishful thinking! Because the International Space Station has long been overwhelmed in recent years, so scarred, the following problems are more prominent.
1. The International Space Station began to brew in 1993, to the formal construction in 1998, and then to the completion of the formation in 2010, after more than ten years. It was scheduled to be retired in 2015-2018, but the service time of the International Space Station under the leadership of the United States has been delayed several times, and the latest retirement time is set for the end of 2030.
Due to the long time, the internal scientific research equipment and electronic components of the space station are facing extreme aging, and there is a high probability of failure in the middle.
2. The International Space Station is frequently damaged and hit by space debris. In 2018, the outer wall of the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft suddenly had a small hole with a diameter of 2 mm, and the astronauts were frightened and frightened, and quickly took Kapton glue to seal the hole, and the strange thing was that there were traces of drill polishing at the mouth of the hole, and finally became a suspense case.
In 2021, a small hole with a diameter of 5 mm was found in the Canadian robotic arm, suspected to have been caused by the impact of space debris. In addition, the space station in 2020 and 2021 has been detected to leak air, and it is reported that it is leaking at a rate of more than 200 grams per day.
3. Active avoidance is becoming more and more frequent. The International Space Station has carried out at least 20 large-scale space obstacle avoidances since its operation to avoid space junk attacks, and the Islamic Space Station has nearly collided with space junk on 220 times in 2020.
Obstacle avoidance will consume a lot of fuel, and it is the Russian Progressive MS cargo spacecraft responsible for fuel replenishment. If Russia does not pick a fight, this job can only be taken over by the United States.
Because of this, even if Russia is not forced to retaliate against the United States and destroy the International Space Station, the International Space Station may "not survive" decommissioning and crash on its own.
How powerful was the is the is the isting of the Issaurus?
The International Space Station is 109 meters long, 88 meters wide and weighs 420 tons, making it the "Big Mac" among spacecraft. So the question is, how powerful will the International Space Station be unleashed day by day?
There have been space laboratory falls in history, the "SkyLab" launched in 1973, 36 meters long and weighing 80 tons, which fell in 1979 due to the violent activity of the sun, and the debris fell in southeast Australia, the largest part of which was an oxygen tank, and the rest was disintegrated during the landing.
To this end, some experts said that the International Space Station will not fall as a whole as simply understood, but countless wreckage.
First of all, the International Space Station loses control, after power, it will be decomposed during landing, and the interior of the space station is "hollow", and the force during the fall is uneven. More critically, the connection of the space station's various modules is too complicated to withstand falling and tossing. After decomposition, a large hunk becomes hundreds of smaller hunks, and the destructive force decreases.
Secondly, there are a large number of scientific research equipment, office supplies and daily necessities inside the International Space Station, which will be incinerated during the passage of the atmosphere and eventually turned into ashes, resulting in a further reduction in total weight.
Finally, the rate of descent is not large. When meteorites enter the Earth's atmosphere, they themselves carry a large amount of energy, and the speed can reach tens of kilometers per second, so the destructive force is large. Unlike the International Space Station, the speed is only 7.9 kilometers per second, and although it accelerates under the influence of the Earth's gravity during the fall, it will also be resisted after entering the atmosphere.
After calculations, the speed of the wreckage fell to several hundred km /h when it landed on Earth, and the destructive force was limited. To sum up, if the International Space Station really crashed, it was not as powerful as ordinary people feel, but it was enough to smash people into serious injuries or death.
The question that remains is, where exactly did the ISS crash? As mentioned above, the crash site envisaged by the United States is located in the Pacific Ocean, specifically the central South Pacific Ocean 48 ° 52.6 ′ S123 ° 23.6 ′ W A sea called "Nemo Point", and the recent inhabited land area is more than 2700 kilometers, which is undoubtedly a good place to land. But if the United States and the European Union provoke Russia, it is likely that he will control the space station and smash it into the crowded area, or it will cause casualties.
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