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#1 2005-08-16 10:03:49
- Rxke
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Re: Space record broken
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4156692.stm
The Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev has broken the record for the most cumulative time in space - clocking up 748 days in orbit on Tuesday.
This guy was on the first crew, BTW.
His resumé is quite impressive: long duration MIR stay, first Am/Ru shuttle mission, 2 missions on ISS.
Oh, and probably loooong hours in hospitals, once on Terra Firma, too. Russias see their astronauts a bit like guinea pigs, sometimes.
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#2 2005-08-16 10:08:19
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Re: Space record broken
Now they've culled the shuttles, he gets to ride the ISS back through the Atmosphere.
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#3 2005-08-16 10:08:18
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Re: Space record broken
*Congratulations to him! 
And the previous record holder was also Russian. The two Sergei's, huh? Also had a stint on Mir (hmmm...I think Rik added a few additional comments while I was posting...) 
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#4 2005-08-16 10:16:28
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Re: Space record broken
Such negative commenting does little or no good even if the ISS can not be completed by shuttle to which we may no longer be able to use if the foam debri problem can not be resolved.
The Russian have kept a simple system going while Nasa has seamingly failed at its more complex one even though the shuttle can do more in one mission.
Though others may see him as a human guinea pig, while there nations people see him as a hero of and for great national pride.
I envy the chance to do what he has done.
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#5 2005-08-16 10:21:37
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Re: Space record broken
On the first mission, there was this great pic of him, floating around in a virtually empty MPLM, I was soooo filled with envy! 
It was a true 2001-stile pic. But if you read the logs from that first mission, it was far from a polished mission, reading between the lines, Shepard (his American commander) repeatedly had shouting matches with ground control, for instance.
Tough guys. Congrats.
(I didn't mean that 'gunea pig' to sound derisive, just mentioned it to point out it's not all rocked-riding glory these guys are doing, lots of their duties are tedious, and often painful.)
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#6 2005-08-16 10:22:14
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Though others may see him as a human guinea pig, while there nations people see him as a hero of and for great national pride.
*I think Rik was only joking. 
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ISS can't re-enter Earth's atmosphere; not designed for that. Well...it COULD...and completely burn up (and if no humans were aboard, I'd be all for it).
The only "re-entry" it's designed for is ala Mir (adios).
Back on topic: Congrats again to Sergei. Russia has every reason to be proud (on both counts!). 
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#7 2005-08-16 10:41:25
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No problem RIK is right thou for it one big human experiment in exposure to solar radiation of all types and to 0g for such long times.
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#8 2005-08-16 11:17:34
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Re: Space record broken
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceflight_records
Saw this link via /.
It's amazing, look at how many days Russia has spent in space vs the USA. 16k vs 9k. That's a telling number. And I reckon all of those days in space were spent in the time of Mir. Decades ago! Wow.
Some useful links while MER are active. [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html]Offical site[/url] [url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html]NASA TV[/url] [url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/]JPL MER2004[/url] [url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html]Text feed[/url]
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The amount of solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth totals some 3.9 million exajoules a year.
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#9 2005-08-16 11:37:14
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Whats more startling is the fact that 18 others have more time than the first american and an equally as many are inbetween to the next american are also russian out of the top 50.
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#10 2005-08-16 11:53:21
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Re: Space record broken
That high number is of course related to the mid-80's to mid 90's heydays of Salyut and Mir missions, when the USSR had quite firm plans for a manned mission to Mars.
Think about it... They were really training for it, back then, believing in it.
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#11 2005-08-16 12:07:49
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Re: Space record broken
Not really, even by the 1980's the Soviet space program was running "low on gas"
[i]"The power of accurate observation is often called cynicism by those that do not have it." - George Bernard Shaw[/i]
[i]The glass is at 50% of capacity[/i]
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#12 2005-08-16 12:08:20
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Re: Space record broken
That high number is of course related to the mid-80's to mid 90's heydays of Salyut and Mir missions, when the USSR had quite firm plans for a manned mission to Mars.
Think about it... They were really training for it, back then, believing in it.
*I wish the U.S. and Russia would do a joint mission. They've got the experience and willpower, we're wealthier. A match made in heaven.
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#13 2005-08-16 12:29:02
- Rxke
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They would've used the Energyia and MIRII/III stuff. None of that avaiable today, and the 'urge' to be the first has gone.
I guess their old plan would've been looked upon today as a near-suicide mission, flags footsteps stuff etc.
Oh, and they didn't have a lander, either, heehee...
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