> During a spacewalk, Mission Control in Houston warns Explorer's crew about a rapidly-expanding cloud of space debris accidentally caused by the Russians having shot down a presumed defunct spy satellite
Life imitating art.
Except it wasn’t accidental :/
A defunct Russian satellite is destroyed in orbit and its debris threatens astronauts upgrading Hubble and the Chinese space station located in a similar orbit.
It’s scary how accurate the plot is to the real-world situation…
Well, in reality all those are in very different orbits, especially the Hubble at 600+ km up. And ISS and the Chinese space stations have very different orbit inclination, mainly due to lauch corridor concerns.
Time to jump between spaceships. Just like that time I accidentally got on the wrong flight so I propped open the emergency exit and did a mid air transfer to the right one. Lost my checked bag though
Oh you're thinking of Air Force One.
Oh yeah! Forgot about that movie thanks
No it's not. That movie has no bearing on reality.
Currently it actually does.
sorry, are there not astronauts who were recently imperiled by a debris cloud caused by the russians shooting down an old satellite?