Does any of this remind you of 2010 (Space Odyssey part two), where the US and Russian astronauts (that flew together) were told not to communicate anymore? I read that a few years ago, and thought that it was somewhat comical in that it was based on what I thought were very dated world relations. Now it is coming true.
Genuine question - was he Ukranian when he went up there? I guess customs for space flight isn't such a concern, but that would be a weird thing to have go down while you're off the planet...
Actually it seems there was a changeover to a new expedition a month ago and the current commander is Japanese. I was thinking of Oleg Kotov whose nationality is Russian and was prior to this but is from Simferopol, Crimea. His Expedition 38 ended on 10 March 2014.
Comments
Does any of this remind you of 2010 (Space Odyssey part two), where the US and Russian astronauts (that flew together) were told not to communicate anymore? I read that a few years ago, and thought that it was somewhat comical in that it was based on what I thought were very dated world relations. Now it is coming true.
Well, ISS operations is explicitly exempted (the story there is particularly interesting as the current commander is Russian from Crimea).
Genuine question - was he Ukranian when he went up there? I guess customs for space flight isn't such a concern, but that would be a weird thing to have go down while you're off the planet...
Actually it seems there was a changeover to a new expedition a month ago and the current commander is Japanese. I was thinking of Oleg Kotov whose nationality is Russian and was prior to this but is from Simferopol, Crimea. His Expedition 38 ended on 10 March 2014.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Kotov