“Space is without borders, this is our answer"

[Ichingcarpenter]

While space has long remained politics-free, NASA’s Reid Wiseman, ESA’s Alexander Gerst, and commander Maksim Suraev of Russia’s Roscosmos could not escape questions on how their personal relations have been affected by the tensions between the world powers on Ukraine, which have already endangered US-Russian space cooperation.

“Because of the events in Ukraine that we all know about, the relationship between the United States, Russia and Germany became pretty tense. Do you feel this tension on the level of your team?” a journalist from Russian TV channel NTV asked the crew of three.

Instead of going into detail, the three astronauts stood up and hugged each other.

This is our answer,” astronaut Wiseman said in Russian.

“Yes, this is our answer for everyone to see,” cosmonaut Suraev added.

http://rt.com/news/161788-iss-hug-selfie-ukraine/

[longship]

1. Fuck the politics.

We're doing science up there. And science has no borders.

[Enthusiast]

2. Keep the selfish corporate interests out of things and all is well.

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. The video and the astronauts speak the truth

I know this is RT but has CNN, NBC etc shown this exchange on national TV?


I DON'T THINK SO.

[MisterP]

4. low orbit is a noble place when you act like it is

ditto Antarctica or the seabed

though I must warn that too glib a connection between space and peace can get weird fast: Sputnik caused a panic not just because it showed Soviet "throw-weight" but by the rules of the game the USSR had just proven itself more democratic and free than the US!