Crazy: the Soviets assigned a handgun to cosmonauts in order to survive in Siberia after landing; 2 calibres + machete. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TP-82
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@wellerstein good grief! Do you know if non-Soviet astronauts of any nationality ever carry weapons?
@Hivemeitner I was wondering the same thing. NASA apparently never did.
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@wellerstein I wonder if there's some kind of agreement for the ISS, too? Having some armed and some not must cause protocol problems. -
@Hivemeitner I'm imagining a screenplay that is a mix of 2001, Alive, and The Grey, all with fake Russian accents. -
@wellerstein ...I'd watch that.
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