Failure to issue an American visa Cosmonaut Nikolay Chubu can threaten the security of the International Space Station (ISS). Possible consequences of the Incident with the United States called “Roskosmos”. Reports about it TASS.
“The situation arises to the question of the security of the stay of the Russian astronaut on the ISS and the safety of the American segment of the station in connection with the unpreparedness of the Russian cosmonaut in the event of an abnormal situation,” the state-in-government propulsion.
We also specified that “the question arises at least with a change in the schedule of training Nikolai Chuba to the upcoming in the spring of 2023 flight.” “Without lectures and practical classes on the mockup of the American segment, acquaintance with the work of its systems, an understanding of the interaction of the American and Russian segment systems, as well as the course of the course on actions in an emergency, in principle, a flight is impossible in space,” the state corporations noted.
According to the general director of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, the refusal to visa to the Russian cosmonaut – “Dangerous Precedent for Cooperation at the International Space Station.”
Earlier, the head of the State Corporation promised to request the position of the head of NASA Bill Nelson regarding non-tech US Visa Osubu.
According to the source of the TASS, the United States did not give out a wise visa, which was going to go to participate in the training session at the Lindon Johnson Space Center. The agency’s interlocutor clarified that in an entry visa, the Russian astronaut was denied without explaining the reasons. Flight of Chuba to the International Space Station is scheduled for spring 2023.