Reply With QuoteI am confused. When someone is working on something as concrete as a space mission he usually knows where his check comes from and who's going to use the results of his research. Or is this purely theoretical work?
At this stage it doesn't matter. Subdivision where my father worked now developing autonomous life supporting facilities solutions for expedition.
I am confused. When someone is working on something as concrete as a space mission he usually knows where his check comes from and who's going to use the results of his research. Or is this purely theoretical work?
Please please please please share with us his stories. Any intreresting stories from his work. Especially ISS would be fun - I always crack up when they start telling the anecdotes about how russian engineers tried to work with american.
No, practical.Originally Posted by aartamen
There's one problem - they're preparing Russian expedition but they do not receive enough funding.
So this may end like with ISS where Russian modules built for Mir-2 were used.
Yes it was much funny things with ISS development. But I would like to tell about space sauna.
My father was one of developers of shower and sauna for space station. Actually it was project for his graduation from institute. Leter when he came to Energia it became his job to implement both on space station. What he with developers team did for Mir space station.
So cosmonauts enjoyed not only shower but also good sauna during their missions. But one day bosses decided that sauna consumes too much energy and ordered to dismount it from station.
Cosmonauts of current mission said: no way, mother****ers. Bosses were very angry but what can you do when thing which you want to destroy flies 300 kilometers above you. So when mission returned to earth and next team arrived to station they issued this order once again.
Next team said: umm... ok... after all experiments will be done....
Guess what happened. In result they sabotaged order too
So when third mission were about to launch military man was included who received strict orders to dissassemble sauna at any costAnd he did this job.
So in turn my father was very angry and dissapointed
Space saunas? Now ive heard everything!
So if it would have reached operational status, the Sovjet Union would have had a laserbeam pointing at earth from space?
What kind of laserbeam are we talking about here? "Independence day City destroyer" or.. ?
These are the best photos I've ever seen in my life,
and i've been LOOKING hard, even in Russia.
THANK YOU for sharing.
I have some written and unwritten stories on Polyus I'll share when
I have more time, Monday for sure.
Jim O
kosmicheskiy syshchik
Soviet Space Battle Station Skif and its prototype Polus.
WOW, i never knew that even existed, awome!
Soviet Space Battle Station Skif and its prototype Polus.
Hey Abbyy
My Dad is currently working on the NASA Mars mission. He does human life sciences as well. Evidently he is going to be traveling to Europe, Russia and Kazakhstan, meeting with the other space programs to see what they are doing, share research and so forth.
Pretty cool coincidence.
OK. I've never heard that the Russians were even talking about a Mars shot. We are talking about a manned expedition, right?No, practical.
There's one problem - they're preparing Russian expedition but they do not receive enough funding.
So this may end like with ISS where Russian modules built for Mir-2 were used.
It would probably be safe to assume that the Russians are trying to do everything the Americans are doing, and the Americans are trying to do everything the Russians are doing.
Not safe at all.
No, not correct. The Russian program is starved for cash. Their space science program is virtually dead.It would probably be safe to assume that the Russians are trying to do everything the Americans are doing, and the Americans are trying to do everything the Russians are doing.
The Mars mission that he referred to is probably Phobos-Grunt, which I think means "Phobos-Soil." Phobos is one of the two moons of Mars. The Russians have proposed a mission to put a lander down on one of them and collect soil samples and return them to earth. I don't believe the mission is funded, but the Russians would like the Japanese to participate.
I have an image of Phobos-Grunt, but I'm new here and am not sure how to post it.[/img]
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