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Topic: Debunked: Kidnapping of a Soviet space station
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-15-2014 08:20 AM
Bart Hendrickx thoroughly debunks a Russian "documentary" claiming NASA attempted to launch space shuttle Challenger to capture the out-of-control Salyut 7 space station to "steal sensitive military secrets from the Russians." The plan to capture Salyut-7 with the Shuttle remained top secret, but once it came to light during the Shuttle mission, the US public would have been sufficiently brainwashed by the media to believe the cover story: NASA had simply been obliged to pluck the station from orbit to prevent it from hurting anyone on the ground....does this all sound too crazy to be true? Not to the makers of a Russian television documentary called "The Battle for Salyut: A Space Detective", who present this Hollywood-like scenario as plain fact. Perhaps nothing to pay too much attention to, were it not that the film was produced by the television studio of the Russian space agency (Teleradiostudiya Roskosmosa), more or less the equivalent of NASA TV. |
Lasv3 Member Posts: 410 From: Bratislava, Slovakia Registered: Apr 2009
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posted 07-15-2014 10:25 AM
I saw this so called documentary not a long time ago - I've never seen so much rubbish comprised in fifty minutes. I can't imagine somebody meant it seriously — full of technical idiocies, not speaking of the idea itself. Simply a shame... |
Cozmosis22 Member Posts: 968 From: Texas * Earth Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 07-15-2014 10:41 AM
Follow-up "documentary" from that Russian film company, "How the warriors of the motherland secretly shot down Challenger before it could complete it's nefarious mission to steal Salyut 7." |
Dave Shayler Member Posts: 127 From: Halesowen, West Mids, UK Registered: Dec 2009
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posted 07-15-2014 10:58 AM
I recall reading the 1981 techo-thriller paperback "The Hunting of Salyut 7" by Guy Brendan Alimo years ago. Along the lines of a Tom Clancy novel, this story links to the long standing Arab-Israeli issues and dramatic consequences in orbit. I have not read it for some time but I believe it has been re-released, I have posted a link here for those who might wish to search for a copy. | |
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