BREAKING>>ISS to "possibly" be abandoned!

As recently as the mid-90's, Khazakistan had no computers. Or rather, they had the equipment sitting on tables, but no electricity to run them. I met a fellow teacher who, along with her husband, were part of a team which was sent there to help them "get up to speed" with computer literacy. This was in 1994, and they had just recently returned. Maybe that's why they need to have the shuttles come back in the daylight. Also, daylight would make it easier to find them if they drifted off course.

And as far as the "lifeboat", wouldn't you want to have SOME possibility of getting back just in case? For some reason those "lifeboats" have an expiration date. Perhaps their electronics deteriorate from having the direct sunlight beating on them all the time (no filtration of rays by atmosphere or shielding since they are outside).

Russians want to de-orbit ISS to prevent US use as a spy platform.
Russian Soyuz (1st in 44 launches) missile fails.
Russians say "comrades" must come down due to eventual "short supplies".
Crew agrees to abandon ISS.
ISS left alone.
Mysterious accident causes explosion on ISS while abandoned.
Political and scientific arguments to not de-orbit ISS solved.
Media attention re-focuses on next members of "Dancing With The Stars".

Ya, me too, it's refreshing.
All things concidered, Progress failure, crew escape windows via docked soyuz capsule,Dooom outlines. It's at the least suspect, almost troubling.I wounder, are the launch vehicles for the Soyuz and progress the same? it is mentioned earlier in thread there "alike". but are they the same? I ask only to clarify "there" thought's on cancelation of all aspects of ISS access.
The ISS being vacant is a big deal. (The robot is only and exterior device. not meant for, "flipping switches" as it were.) Pretty sure the "Ifs" will work out.
For NASA, it's all about the schedule/timeline. Quite the oversite. Haveing to Souyuz there for escape/return that expire so close together on the calendar. What woulda happened if the planned Progres went of without a hitch,but the next Soyuz failed? They woulda lost the remaining crew of the ISS as well as the crew of the failed Soyuz.
Space X's Dragon is spose to dockfor the first time on Nov.20th. Pretty big eventto not have scheduled a valid time line.
I'm not in the know. I do know one of my favorite sayings is "Timing is everything." And the timeing of this kinda stinks. I'm just saying.

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(Source: Space.com)

When the Russian cargo ship crashed, they said that would not be a problem since the ISS crew had plenty of supplies...

It was a giant waste of money.


We should of had space jets that could take off like jets from earth and fly out into outer space by now.


The reason we dont is so much money and effort was wasted on this piece of crap space station.


And, now thanks to the short sightedness of Obama, and co.

Our space program is all but finished.

It will take the Chinese building a base on the moon to get this country moving again to realize we need to ge tour asses in gear.

Or we wont.

And we will gradually slip away, Like England, Spain, Portugal

after they lost their edge,

Why not? Should be able to charge some backup systems with panels to keep a small accompaniment of equipment working with the robot replacing the naughts.

Personally if elenin or nibiru were coming to destroy us and I were one of the astronauts I would be like "Fudge that you guys can go back but I'm staying my ass right here and going to enjoy the show!!".

Or Cosmonaughts rather. Whatever I wouldn't want to leve for nothing!

From what I have been reading supplies are not the problem -at least for the time being.

The soyuz capsules currently docked at the ISS are only certified to be in space for 200 days. The three Russians are due to return home on the first one next month - no problem there.

The certificate on the second capsule expires in mid November, when the remaining three crew members are currently due to return home. Unless that expiry date can be extended or a fresh crew is sent up before Novemeber, that is why the ISS must be abandoned.

Looks like the US government's decision to scrap the shuttles before a replacement is ready, is coming back to bite them in the arse sooner than expected.

Wont they have to send rocket up to get them out? Can't they put supplies on that rocket and let them stay?

it's already been highly weird up there. i have been watching pretty much all day for 45 days. i've seen plenty. it's all right there to see if anyone has the patience to just spot the first anomaly...

serious weirdness.
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they said when the russian supply rocket blew up they had plenty of supplies and it didnt matter!

so which one was a lie?

Or for "popcorn night" down in the Bunkers......

There is a test space station to be launched in a few days and it is CHINESE.
If this article holds any truth and it's not BS then Russians might have decided to abandon the ISS since NASA wont share the costs and join the Chinese one and build it according to both countries needs.
America might be collapsing to a new Dark Age but this doesn't mean the rest of the world will follow.

i remember those posts about the iss being empty as one of the signs as proof they were telling the truth

anomaly?

Last Edited by alongtimehere on 08/29/2011 08:10 PM

this could be closer to the truth?

What is this that we are looking at?

April 27, 2011

China’s New Space Station Plans Released

The China manned space engineering office has released plans for a 60 ton space station made up of three capsules and a cargo transport for supplies. It looks like it might be public friendly as well as they have asked for suggestions for names for the space station.


Chinese Space Station

The space station core module will be 18.1 m long with a diameter of 4.2 m and a launch weight of around 20 to 22 tons. This capsule will be the first to be launched. Following on from this the two experimental modules will be connected with the core module. Each one of these laboratory modules is 14.4 m long with the other dimensions the same as the core module.

On a comparison with the international space station (419 tons) the Chinese one will be quite small. Russia’s Mir space station weighed 137 tons.

If you would like to submit a suggestion for the name of the space station it should be sent before May 20 via www.cmse.gov.cn or e-mailed to [email protected].

They are also taking suggestions for the name of the cargo ship and this should be submitted before May 20 by the same route.
Chinese Astronauts

Chinese Astronauts

China has entered its second phase of its manned space program and according to the schedule the space module Tiangong-1 and the Shenzhou VIII spacecraft will be launched in the latter half of this year. This will be the first unmanned rendezvous and docking mission. Shenzhou IX and Shenzhou X will be launched next year to dock with Tiangong-1.

There are a few problems though such as the development of technology that would guarantee that space missions could be 20 days long.

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Are we still at the "possibly" stage or is this confirmed? I hear 3 will leave in September and the final 3 in November. 6 people eat 3 tons of food a month?


But this is what they are telling us. Un expected things can and do happen to expedite things in the real world... The toilets could fail or other un for seen events.

guess when that movie is coming out in Australia yep march

we suck

Do you know what escape velocity is and how much energy you need to achieve it? It seems not...

Holy cow! I'd totally spaced out about the Chinese. (pun?) Seriously, if China WERE to somehow build a base on the moon (and they are the only ones with enough money to do that at this point) what makes you think that they would LET anyone else land there ever again? Or, if they did allow it, it would be with THEIR permission and with THEIR very close oversight, if not total control.

mmm... abandoning it? or just saying this publicly when the shadow space projects continue in full swing?

thanks for the post!

Better by like that, else it means the space powers are temporarily abandoning low earth orbit due to future geopolitical instability that will bring a new balance of power and a reduced number of space capable nations in the immediate future.

Maybe the Chinese will "collect" on our debt, and grab the ISS as part of the "collateral". Then they could join it with theirs, doubling its' size without all of the expense of having to ship all that material out to space, and end up with a year's supply of food to sweeten the bargain.