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International Space Station expedition 40/41 crew members, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman (right) of the United States, Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev (center) and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst (left) of Germany, practice in Star City, outside Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 23, 2013.
A group of astronauts set out on a camping trip in a snowbound forest outside Moscow on Wednesday, as they took part in a training exercise to practice survival techniques in case of a crash landing.
The team of three — an American, a Russian and a German — are preparing for a mission to the International Space Station in May 2014.
-- Reuters, European Pressphoto Agency
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Maxim Suraev (left) and Reid Wiseman gather wood to build a shelter.
Sergei Remezov / Reuters
(From left) Maxim Suraev, Gregory Wiseman and Alexander Gerst stand by their shelter.
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(From left) Maxim Suraev, Alexander Gerst and Gregory Wiseman try to keep warm.
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Yeah, we need to practice just in case.
I sure hope the trees are the same and the snow is the same temperature on Mars or any other planets.....LOL.
Really?!, You would think that a space capsule worth 20 billion dollars would be well tracked on it's way back to earth you know?!
Plus, if you ask me, a space capsule crash landing during re-entry would probably turn to dust with no survivors anyway.
It already happened to US with one of the Space Shuttles which curbed the Space Program for a little while.
1) The astronauts going to the ISS won't have to worry about the conditions on Mars or any other planets.
2) The space shuttle burned up, it didn't crash.
Do you have any better points to make?
Yeah, the fact that you cannot take sarcasm.
And, we all make points. Just as you pointed out asking if I had any other points to make. Get the point?!
One more point, what's "your" point?! ;-)
Have a nice day....
Well creek dog better to be prepared then caught with your pants down.
Best bet is to flag down a friendly passing Yeti for assistance.
In the event of a 'crash landing' in one of Russia's space capsules, everyone would be in no better shape than the astronauts who rode the Space Shuttle Challenger to its demise. Aint no way anyone survives a 'crash landing' from any higher than about four miles up.
I think they mean an off target landing due to guidance system problems. There have recently been at least two reentries where due to problems with the guidance or attitude control systems, the Soyuz capsule made a "ballistic reentry" (i.e. fell like a meteor or an ICBM warhead). While the occupants were subjected to 10+ g's, the capsule survived but landed hundreds of miles off course. I hear Irkutsk is beautiful this time of year.
So they lug survival suits into orbit in case of a mishap, do they carry a chain saw too (I doubt those logs were cut with a wire saw)? Also that looks suspiciously like a can of petrol. If so, did that go into orbit as well? Btw, great way to store it next to an open fire.
@David99321 --
Why do you think this is a can of petrol? Is it because you see the shape that is familiar to you? There is a word on this container which describes the content of this can. Educate yourself, read and then comment.