Russian Astronaut Kicked Out of the US For Stealing Proprietary SpaceX Designs (behindtheblack.com)
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- News link: https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/03/2348233/russian-astronaut-kicked-out-of-the-us-for-stealing-proprietary-spacex-designs
- Source link: https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russian-astronaut-kicked-out-of-the-u-s-for-stealing-proprietary-spacex-designs/
> Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev has been removed from the prime crew of SpaceX's Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station and replaced by fellow Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev after sources alleged he photographed confidential SpaceX materials in California in violation of U.S. export control rules, according to [4]The Insider on December 2. The outlet reported that Trishkin also said NASA did not want the controversy around Artemyev to become public, while Artemyev was removed from training at SpaceX's Hawthorne California, facility last week after allegedly photographing SpaceX engines and other internal materials on his phone and taking them off-site.
[1] https://slashdot.org/~jmurtari
[2] https://slashdot.org/~schwit1
[3] https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russian-astronaut-kicked-out-of-the-u-s-for-stealing-proprietary-spacex-designs/
[4] https://united24media.com/latest-news/russian-cosmonaut-allegedly-photographed-confidential-spacex-docs-removed-from-nasa-crew-12-mission-13941
So was he spying, or (Score:2)
Was he just being a rocket geek? I'm assuming he wasn't just photographing the engines, but there's not a lot of detail here.
If I was in close proximity to a space rocket, I'd probably want to shoot pictures like crazy.
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> Was he just being a rocket geek?
Who knows, he has apparently taken a bunch of videos of various components of Schpaze Yikes from various angles:
[1]https://www.youtube.com/@OlegM... [youtube.com]
But then it really depends on his FSB/SVR rank, which is not public.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/@OlegMKS/search?query=spacex
Re: (Score:2)
It is still forbidden. You may buy a car capable of going 300mph and You might want to go that fast, but if the limit is 70mph You'll be get caught/fined/jailed regardless.
Why was he given access to such info? (Score:2)
If he wasnt allowed to copy / read / see that info, why was he allowed access?
What if he was one of those with "photographic memory"? In which case once he sees it, you can consider the info as copied anyway, without needing a camera or anything else.
photographic memory does not exist (Score:2)
see [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidetic_memory
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Regardless it exists or not, all someone has to do is remember a couple of details are tell their people about it. You never know how much help that may provide to the other side.
And again, why was he given access to such material?
Idiocy (Score:2)
So they replaced one russian spy with ... another?
Re: Idiocy (Score:2)
Yes, you see this other one isn't a spy, the first one is.
long time coming (Score:1, Funny)
As I said [1]https://slashdot.org/comments.... [slashdot.org]
AFAIC ruzzia can and needs to go to hell. I hire people, I won't hire a ruzzian, the world needs to get its act together and start using space without them.
They are a scourge, always were, always will be. The American scientists, that passed information to the USSR about nuclear weapon design and manufacturing were not just traitors, they made a gigantic mistake, they truly made the world a much worse place to live. Preferably the soviets and by extension the Chin
[1] https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=23857907&cid=65827471
He's a cosmonaut, not an astronaut, dude. (Score:1)
Why the fuck would you change his job title like that?
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Same thing "dude". Fucks sake.
Hardly surprising (Score:2)
Russian astronaut photographs US hardware to show to his bosses. Wow! Might as well have a headline about the toilet habits of bears or the religion of the pope. The only thing that surprises me is that only now has one of them been caught doing it.
Erm (Score:2)
So you can drive it but you cannot look at it?
Re: Erm (Score:3)
Rockets that are capable of delivering a nuclear weapon into orbit, and their components, are legally defined as export controlled munitions. Taking pictures of export controlled munitions on a personal device is almost certainly going to get you into some pretty deep shit, even if you have no intention of exporting. Federal law, see ITAR.