{"id":17321,"date":"2022-02-28T11:28:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T11:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/28\/elon-musk-says-spacex-could-stop-the-iss-crashing-into-earth-following-russian-sanctions\/"},"modified":"2022-02-28T11:28:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T11:28:47","slug":"elon-musk-says-spacex-could-stop-the-iss-crashing-into-earth-following-russian-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/28\/elon-musk-says-spacex-could-stop-the-iss-crashing-into-earth-following-russian-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk says SpaceX could stop the ISS crashing into Earth following Russian sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What just happened?<\/strong> Elon Musk has responded to a tweet from Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin that asked who will save the International Space Station (ISS) from crashing into Earth. The world\u2019s richest person\u2019s answer was a logo of his SpaceX company. <\/p>\n

The many sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine last week will \u201cdegrade [Russia\u2019s] aerospace industry, including their space program,\u201d said President Joe Biden. The news prompted a series of tweets from Rogozin, the head of Russia\u2019s state space corporation, Roscosmos, that claimed without Russia\u2019s participation, there would be no one to correct the ISS\u2019 orbit, causing it to crash somewhere in the US, Europe, India, or China.<\/p>\n

“There is also the option of dropping a 500-ton structure to India and China. Do you want to threaten them with such a prospect? The ISS does not fly over Russia, so all the risks are yours. Are you ready for them?” Rogozin said in another Tweet.<\/p>\n

While NASA does rely on Russia to keep the ISS in orbit and stop it from entering the Earth\u2019s atmosphere, Wayne Hale, former program manager of NASA\u2019s Space Shuttle and a member of NASA\u2019s Advisory Council, told The Verge<\/a> this would take several years, leaving NASA plenty of time to find a solution.<\/p>\n

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pic.twitter.com\/4kRJyp0FOv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One answer could come from Elon Musk. He tweeted a logo of SpaceX as a reply to Rogozin\u2019s rant, and when another Twitter user asked if he was being serious, the CEO wrote a simple \u201cyes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pete Harding, the International Space Station Editor for NASASpaceFlight.com, posted a lengthy Twitter thread explaining how SpaceX\u2019s Dragon craft could dock with the ISS to provide reboost capability and attitude control, which Musk complimented.<\/p>\n

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With Cygnus near to Dragon on the aft end of the station, and two Dragons docked to the forward end, this would give very good attitude control capability, and provide multiple reboost options. pic.twitter.com\/jPp5JnsYHE<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Pete ? ? (@Space_Pete) February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The good news is that both NASA and Roscosmos have confirmed they are still cooperating on the ISS, so Musk\u2019s intervention might not be necessary. If it is, let\u2019s hope things go better than when he tried to rescue<\/a> the Thai soccer team trapped in a flooded cave system.<\/p>\n

In other Elon Musk news, the Tesla boss saw his status as the only person worth over $200 billion come to an end<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n