Dmitry Rogozin, the director general of Russia's space agency, had a very public argument with a former American astronaut following the implementation of sanctions against Russia.
A very public dispute has been taking place between the head of Russia’s space agency and a former American astronaut.
Dmitry Rogozin, the director general of Roscosmos, has repeatedly in recent weeks tweeted his support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine and threatened to stop cooperating on the International Space Station.of technicians at the Baikonur Cosmodome taping over the Japanese and American flags fixed onto the exterior of a Soyuz rocket.
"The launchers at Baikonur decided that without the flags of some countries, our rocket would look more beautiful," Rogozin said in a Russian-language tweet.replied in Russian"Dimon, without those flags and the foreign exchange they bring in, your space program won't be worth a damn. Maybe you can find a job at McDonald's if McDonald's still exists in Russia."that appeared to show that he had been blocked on Twitter by Rogozin.
"Get off, you moron!" Rogozin's deleted tweet said. "Otherwise the death of the #ISS will be on your conscience."with Kelly's familiar use of 'Dimon' in his tweets and called the former astronaut "defiant and destructive." "Perhaps the dementia and aggression that you have developed is a consequence of the overload and stress of four flights into space. I invite you to undergo an examination at the Brain Institute of our Federal Medical and Biological Agency," Rogozin said