Dmitri regozen is the head of roscosmos, russia's state space corporation. He has been very vocal on twitter these past couple of weeks saying things that you would hear from a cartoon villaina. The scariest threat was when he insinuated that the i s s could come crashing down on the us or in europe because of sanctions. There is also the option of dropping a 500 ton structure on india and china. So all the risks are yours.
Russia has threatened to let the International Space Station plummet. The Verge’s Loren Grush explains the Star Wars.
This episode was produced by Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Noel King.
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