Thomas Pesket responded to a warning on board the ISS after the satellite was destroyed by Russia

“We hope the tensions between the states will disappear and then we will be allowed to work.”French astronaut Thomas Pesket responded to FranceInfo on Tuesday, November 16, while Russia admitted to spraying one of its satellites into orbit during a test shot. The shot created a cloud of hazardous debris for the International Space Station (ISS) and forced seven crew members to take temporary refuge on their ships parked at the station to allow their evacuation if necessary. NATO condemned “Irresponsible act”, When Russia ruled “Hypocrites” U.S. statements accusing him of endangering the LSS crew.

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“It would have been a little bit of fun for them to get on the space station, find their bearings, start work very slowly and then be greeted by such an emergency situation,” he said. Thomas Pesket explains that four of his colleagues, the Crew-3 astronauts, sent him into space on the ISS.

Is the astronaut worried about this kind of danger? “Not really.” Asylum is one thing “The scenes we are preparing, the situation where we have to go safely, Thomas Baskett mentions. For the participants, for the task, for the equipment, for the space station, enormous amounts of care are taken to ensure that the spacecraft is safe. If we have the slightest doubt, we prepare for the worst case scenario. There, the garbage cloud did not come very close to the station, but they still choose themselves in the best condition – it was the right decision. It made them act very quickly, but we train for that, which is part of the job.

“There will always be good understanding within the team even if it is slightly extended at the state level.”

Thomas Baskett, astronaut

to franceinfo

According to Thomas Pesket, tensions surrounding the debris incident did not pose a risk to the ISS, four U.S. astronauts, one German astronaut and two Russian astronauts aboard the crew. “Tensions are high at the state level. As part of a crew, we always behave well on board. Frankly, we don’t talk politics every four mornings. Politics and religion, if you will, are the subjects that work 99% of the time. You have the ingenuity to keep your ideas and beliefs private and make it work. One of the roles of the space station is to show that collaboration works.