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Topic: Russia flying North Korean astronaut to ISS?
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dom
Member Posts: 1056
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Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 09-16-2023 02:55 AM
   
Apparently, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un discussed the possibility of a joint flight to the International Space Station. On Wednesday, Putin hosted the reclusive leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, at the new Vostochny spaceport in Russia's Far East region, and the two discussed the possibility of sending a North Korean into space. Would this be a step too far? Is there a point at which Russia's ISS partners can step in and say "that is absolutely not going to happen?" |
dom
Member Posts: 1056
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Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 09-17-2023 05:18 AM
An interesting twist on this story here. Could a future Russian/North Korean crew be heading to the Chinese Space Station (CSS) instead? Is that even technically possible? Under no circumstances would the Korean cosmonaut be allowed access to the International Space Station (ISS), which is absolutely vetoed by the United States and Japan. However, it is possible that, with the approval of Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Russian Soyuz capsule could dock at China's Tiangong space station and the first North Korean cosmonaut and the two Russians could spend a few days with the three Chinese cosmonauts who live there. |
perineau
Member Posts: 379
From: FRANCE
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 09-17-2023 08:01 AM
I'll believe it when I see it - politicians like Putin make a lot more promises than they keep! |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 51066
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-17-2023 10:34 AM
It is difficult to discern how much of that article is directly sourced and how much of it is the opinion of the author. Case in point: But above all, the beloved leader's great ambition is to send one of his own citizens into space as soon as possible, to get ahead of South Korea... I don't see how launching a North Korean in 2024 would get ahead of South Korea, which launched Soyeon Yi in 2008.Also, I believe Tiangong in its current orbit is not reachable by Soyuz from either the Baikonur or Vostochny cosmodromes given the station's inclination, so while the article describes a North Korean flying with two Russian cosmonauts, it would really be up to China who crews the Shenzhou spacecraft. | |
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