Uninvited guests at ISS?

[Urwumpe]

No the docking port on the iss has to be powered up before anything could hard dock.

You could still dock there, the ISS side port can be completely deactivated.

But you could release the docked vessel from the ISS side if you apply power to the docking port.

 

[Pyromaniac605]

Wait wait wait wait wait, theres seriously guns on board the ISS? 0.o Either way I'm pretty sure the reaction of the crew onboard would be hilarious.

Darren

 

[PeterRoss]

You could still dock there, the ISS side port can be completely deactivated.

But you could release the docked vessel from the ISS side if you apply power to the docking port.

Heh, that could be a quite funny space game...:lol:

 

[garyw]

Wait wait wait wait wait, theres seriously guns on board the ISS? 0.o Either way I'm pretty sure the reaction of the crew onboard would be hilarious.

Wait for how long?

In answer to your question there is a single handgun in a locked box in the Soyuz capsule. It is there in case of an off target landing requiring the crew to self-egress and potentially spend the night out in the wild. It is there simply for crew self preservation in that wilderness.

Now, can we please stop getting all excited about a handgun?

As for the uninvited guests, remember that this would cause an international incident for whoever tried it, possibly world wide condemnation for "potentially endangering the crew" and it would be plain stupid. Any nation would work with the ISS partners to ensure a safe docking for the ISS crew and themselves because they are putting their own people in just as much danger.

Finally, I can't ever seen the need for a vehicle to dock "in an emergency". If you are in a space capsule and have an emergency you are better off getting down to the ground rather than waiting a few days to sync up and dock with the ISS, assuming you are in the right plane and assuming you have the prop AND assuming you have the right docking system & atmosphere.

 

[Ghostrider]

Now, can we please stop getting all excited about a handgun?

Well, if it is a nice handgun...

However since they retired the hybrid TP-82 weapon they now use a common Makarov PM in 9x18mm. Nice thing to have if you're playing spy behind ol' Iron Curtain but I'd get something heavier like a Kimber Ultra Carry II in .45 ACP. 9mm Makarov isn't first choice if you're having a third kind encounter with hostile wildlife.

However the PM was standard issue to Russian military forces so they've gone with something they have plenty of.

Since it's been replaced with the Grach which is a 9x19mm Browning design they might have some nicer guns on ISS in the future, though.

 

[garyw]

Well, if it is a nice handgun...

However since they retired the hybrid TP-82 weapon they now use a common Makarov PM in 9x18mm. Nice thing to have if you're playing spy behind ol' Iron Curtain but I'd get something heavier like a Kimber Ultra Carry II in .45 ACP. 9mm Makarov isn't first choice if you're having a third kind encounter with hostile wildlife.

However the PM is standard issue to Russian military forces so they've gone with something they have plenty of.

Just doing some checking and the TP-82 sounds like an ideal device as it can fire rifle rounds as well as signal flares - makes sense if you land off target!

http://suzymchale.com/ruspace/trainsurvive.html

 

[Ghostrider]

The TP-82 was a nice combination weapon but it had some drawbacks: 1) it was a single-shot affair 2) its rifle round (5.45mm) is Ok for antipersonnel work but you don't want to face off wildlife with one round of it 3) its 40 gauge rounds were proprietary so when the ammo wasn't made anymore and the stocks were out of date, the weapon was essentially useless. Had they made it in some commercial caliber, it would have been another matter.

 

[T.Neo]

I'm more concerned about some trigger-happy idiot crying "Terrorists!" and blasting them out of the sky.

I doubt it. Trigger-happy idiots are the last people the US Navy wants to employ as weapons operators and their supervisors...

As for the uninvited guests, remember that this would cause an international incident for whoever tried it, possibly world wide condemnation for "potentially endangering the crew" and it would be plain stupid. Any nation would work with the ISS partners to ensure a safe docking for the ISS crew and themselves because they are putting their own people in just as much danger.

Darn... I guess that ruins my plan for pulling up alongside the ISS and asking if it would be ok to go in through the Quest module? :lol:

 

[HAL9001]

There's a shotgun in the Soyuz!

Uragan had a gun.