What is modern warfare like, just look at the videos and photos transmitted from Kiev, Ukraine, this time Russia is playing to the fullest, just when the Russian army is still in Ukraine, the United States has taken a number of small countries to issue declarations, probably meaning to engage Russia.
But on the same day, the director of the Russian Federal Space Agency (RKA) quickly issued a strong response, meaning that if you want to do this, then I will do it, which is simply amazing, and it has caused heated discussions in the United States for several hours, because in the eyes of the Americans, this is a big thing.
RKA Director Dmitry Rogozin warned on Twitter: If the United States imposes economic sanctions on Russia on the Ukraine issue, then the International Space Station may crash in advance, and it is uncertain whether it will fall in the United States or Europe, and the cooperation between Russia and the United States on the International Space Station may end.
This is a serious problem, raising concerns in the United States, the International Space Station running in low-Earth orbit at a height of 400 kilometers, has spent $160 billion, is mankind's most expensive spacecraft, if the International Space Station does fall, then it will certainly be a major loss for the United States.
Although the International Space Station was jointly built by 16 countries, the largest "shareholder" is Russia and the United States, the United States invested about $130 billion, Russia invested about $15 billion, I believe many people know that the International Space Station is half built by the United States, half built by Russia, the style is completely different.
Why did the International Space Station fall without Russia? You may not know that there is still a thin atmosphere in low-Earth orbit 400 kilometers above the ground, and atmospheric resistance makes the International Space Station slowly reduce the orbital altitude, and the altitude drops by about 1 kilometer every month.
If the orbital altitude is not raised in time, then the International Space Station may have the risk of falling, Russia is mainly responsible for regularly raising the altitude of the International Space Station, controlling the flight attitude and orbit direction, NASA also said that the International Space Station mainly relies on Russian module thrusters.
If there is no Russia to enhance the orbit of the space station, then there is only one outcome, half a year later will fall back to the ground, in order to the International Space Station does not fall, from now on, NASA will have to prepare new solutions in advance, specially develop the propulsion module, the investment is certainly not small, to hundreds of millions of dollars.
RKA Director Dmitry Rogozin's statement is quite reasonable, because since the establishment of the International Space Station, the United States has completely regarded the International Space Station as its own, all kinds of scientific experiments, all kinds of scientific equipment are almost exclusively occupied by the United States, as the second largest funder Russia is very depressed.
If the United States really breaks diplomatic relations with Russia and imposes various sanctions on Russia, then the angry Russia may really have to settle the old account of the International Space Station with the United States, pay so much, but get so little, and Russia has also found a new partner - the Chinese space station.
Russia is very happy to join the Chinese space station, the mainland is also very welcome to Russia to join, and agreed to Russia independently build a space station cabin docking with the Chinese space station, this is simply a privilege, the mainland attaches great importance to Russia, is simply the envy of the United States.
In fact, in terms of cooperation on the International Space Station, Russia and the United States have long been rumored to be unhappy. For example, on August 29, 2018, the Russian MS-09 module suddenly found a small two-millimeter hole in the bulkhead, and the air pressure in the cabin was dropping, and the astronaut Alexander Gerst first blocked it with his finger and then used glue to solve the air leakage problem.
The hole appeared in the Russian module, and the United States was not happy, blaming Russia for launching a safety spacecraft into the sky. After investigation, Russia found traces of electric drill polishing, and Russia believed that the two-millimeter hole in the MS-09 module was actually done by Serena Auón-Chancellor, a female American astronaut.
It is said that american female astronaut Selena secretly engaged in an "extramarital affair" on the space station, which may be the cause of the quarrel with the "lover", there were psychological problems, and she was depressed for several days, hoping to return to the ground as soon as possible, but NASA did not approve it, so she deliberately destroyed the MS-09 module, hoping to return to the ground as soon as possible.
On July 29, 2021, nearly 10 years late, the Russian Science (Nauka) was finally reunited with the International Space Station, which should be worth celebrating, but the result was that the International Space Station was dangerous, and the docking failure occurred, and the Nauka thruster directly overturned the International Space Station.
After the International Space Station tumbled 540 degrees, it was reversed by the Zvezda service module and the Progress cargo spacecraft (Progress) back to the original point, and the American astronauts sat in the return capsule and were ready to escape the International Space Station, and the United States did not blame Russia for this.
In October 2021, a failure in an engine test of the SOyuz spacecraft MS-18 overturned the Islamic Space Station again, flipping its posture by 57 degrees, but soon recovered, the United States once again expressed dissatisfaction with Russia, and the two countries once again had a bad fight over the matter.
In short, the United States has made all kinds of means to Russia think twice, as the saying goes, killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred self-inflicted wounds will affect the Russian economy at the same time as affecting its own economy. Interesting and informative scientific content, please pay attention to the only WeChat public account: Interesting Exploration