The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has begun to affect space studies in recent weeks. The fight between Russia, the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA is escalating. Finally Russian space chief with former NASA astronaut There was an argument between them.
The head of Roscosmos, the Russian Space Agency, who said that without Russia, the International Space Station could crash into Europe or the USA, and that it will no longer sell rocket engines to the USA. Dmitry Rogozinnow on the agenda for insulting the former NASA astronaut.
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What did the Russian space chief say about the NASA astronaut?
Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, made mutual statements on Twitter with the manager of Roscosmos. Kelly, who is one of the harshest critics of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, seems to have angered his former Russian partners with his statements.
Having spent almost a full year on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015 and 2016 USA’s longest spaceflight The former astronaut, who holds the record, began sharing tweets in Russian since February 27. He also changed his profile picture to a yellow-blue punch, which are the colors of the Ukrainian flag.
In the video that appeared last week, it was seen that the US and Japanese flags on the Russian rocket were removed. The former astronaut, who shared this video by tagging Rogozin, made very harsh statements:
“Without these flags and the currency they bring, your space program wouldn’t be worth a single egg. If there are still McDonalds in Russia, you can get yourself a job at McDonalds.”
Another retired NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman tweeted in Russian to say that Rogozin was always “stupid”.
Angry at Kelly and Reisman’s statements Russian space chief“Get out you idiot! Otherwise death of ISS It will remain with you.” However, we cannot verify the validity of the screenshot shared by Kelly, as the tweet has already been deleted and does not appear in the web archive.
Can’t understand why the tweet was deleted former NASA astronaut “Dimon, why did you delete this tweet? Don’t you want everyone to see what kind of kid you really are?” said.
The Russian space chief, on the other hand, used the following statements without referring to his old tweet:
“Mr. Scott Kelly! You are unnecessarily provoking me. I won’t let you treat me like that. You are defiant and destructive. Maybe the dementia and aggression you develop are the result of the overload and stress of four flights into space. I invite you for examination at the Federal Institute of Medicine and the Brain.”
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