The Science of The Time-Travelling Cosmonaut | Sci Guys Podcast

Sergei Krikalev, the forgotten cosmonaut, was left stranded in space thanks to the fall of the Soviet Union...
Grab our merch: sciguys.co.uk/merch
Support the podcast on Patreon: / sciguys
WATCH EVERY EPISODE:
bit.ly/2z3ifN0
SUBSCRIBE TO SCI GUYS
Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2TAPC3h
Spotify: spoti.fi/2H91rZu
KZbin: bit.ly/2Z7bWTk
JOIN OUR DISCORD
/ discord
FOLLOW THE PODCAST
Twitter: / sciguyspod
Instagram: / sciguyspod
Facebook: / sciguyspod
Did we make a mistake? Let us know! sciguys.co.uk/corrections
Follow the SCI GUYS
@notcorry / @lukecutforth
Sergei
www.britannica.com/biography/...
www.iafastro.org/biographie/s...
www.nasa.gov/missions/station...
spark.iop.org/time-travelling...
www.esa.int/Science_Explorati...
www.rbth.com/history/330415-l...
www.eurasiantimes.com/strande...
www.iflscience.com/when-the-s...
www.nytimes.com/1992/03/26/wo...
• Expedition 1 Cosmonaut...
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brex...
www.nytimes.com/1994/02/04/us...
Mir Space Station
www.britannica.com/topic/Mir-...
Soviet Union
www.britannica.com/event/the-...
www.britannica.com/story/why-...
Space Flight Records
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/66787072
www.statista.com/chart/24605/...
Dangers of Space
www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/...

[@SciGuys]

Do you want to go to space?

[@dq8431]

not really

[@esr1412]

Only if they let me pilot the shuttle. ...ok, I'd go anyways. I'd reeeeally like to go to space if they assure me I'm surviving the trip.

[@mossly9785]

Nope

[@kittyinacloud8101]

Hell no

[@imgeniusish]

heck ye, beats being here

[@jesthered7966]

Every time someone talks about Challenger and what happened with the explosion, and the conversations that could have happened around it, I must reveal my age a little to tell a story. So it was a Tuesday January 28 1986. My entire elementary school was assembled in the gymnasium with all the schools TVs on their rolling carts up at the front and one of the more tech savvy teachers had the Challenger launch hooked up to all these TVs and up projected on a large screen. It was just before lunch time. Everyone was so excited, we had been talking about Space for a month at this time. The only thing I remember is everyone sitting cross-legged on the floor and the teachers getting us to a quietish murmur of excitement to watch the launch. When that rocket blew up the whole thing ended so quickly. We barely registered what we were seeing when teachers ran forward to turn off the TVs and projector. The gym was SILENT (elementary schools are never silent). Then the teachers quickly talked with the Principal, everyone lined up in their classrooms and headed out youngest first back to their classrooms. I don't remember what the teacher said (Mrs. Command, I still remember her). Just something about it looks like something went wrong and we will have more information later. I suspect they had to call as many parents as possible before we got home and tried to figure out just WHAT they were going to tell us had happened. Nothing like watching a disaster in real time at an impressionable age

[@maximum1620]

18:00 i imagine luke texting cory this long winded explanation apologizing purfusely saying he used the sci guys bank card and cory just responding "no you didn't"

[@SciGuys]

Basically, yeah

[@charisma-hornum-fries]

The ISS has a fully international crew who loks like they get along just fine. They are also spending at least 6 months together in space.

[@Brooklyn99432ofmd]

It’s cute how Luke says “taut” with a Scottish accent 😁💖💕😂👍🏻

[@Bigjazzband32]

You guys would love a trivia show called Um Actually on Dropout

[@SciGuys]

I’ve loved um actually since it was just on the CollegeHumour KZbin!

[@esr1412]

As an Argentinian, i can relate to the part where hyperinflation ruins his life

[@alicesshelter9719]

41:24 in Russian there's an expression that goes like "Horseraddish to you" or "you'll get horseradish" which is a way to expresses a categorical refusal. "Horseradish" is used because the russian word for it, khren (kh is pronounce like ch in Loch) is similar to "kher" (a word for ussualy male genitals) , so it's like a euphemism (hell - heck ; f*ck - frick)

[@SarcasticSean]

I love this episode. 2 minutes in and I'm laughing my a$$ off. 😂

[@Brooklyn99432ofmd]

Im gonna start using “Kingsland” fr! 💖💖💖💖🎉🏰

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

okay but luke calling big bird a “costume” isn’t too off. yeah he’s a muppet but he isn’t a puppet - a person stands in him and walks around like a mascot costume

[@SarcasticSean]

Luke is bullying USSR space station by calling it smelly tube. 😂

[@SciGuys]

Maybe it should be less smelly and more cuboid?

[@SarcasticSean]

@@SciGuys thank you for noticing me, senpai.

[@CactusMuffin]

Yes please

[@Brooklyn99432ofmd]

5000 is so many Times!

[@Brooklyn99432ofmd]

55:47

[@Brooklyn99432ofmd]

It’s like Covid

[@aylen7062]

yes not for long though, I appreciate my bones

[@lauramarie4508]

I'm scared of planes so I think no thank you

[@TomiThemself]

9:30 Actually yeah, there is "Yuri on Ice", but that is quite SFW, actually. 😅 Plus, yaoi and yuri can but don't have to be NSFW haha

[@TomiThemself]

57:30 I mean, to be fair, it is quite comparable to the US, as it was the UNION of Soviet Socialists Republics - so basically, the Soviet Union was made up of smaller states/countries/republics, that themselves had their own norms, laws and constitutions. So Kazakhstan succeeding wasn't out of nowhere, as Kazakhstan already existed in the Union ;)

[@wyacheslawkodanev2107]

I usually trust Sci Guys, but this time the description seems way overdramatic. Like, the dude left to space station Mir in May 1991 and a few weeks later it was decided to merge the goals of the next two piloted flights to Mir into one, which meant that two of the cosmonauts should stay at the station for longer. Krikalev decided to be one of those who stayed - and came back to Earth in March 1992, being one of the few people who left to space from USSR and returned to independent Russia. Later, he became the record-breaker in being in space for the longest time, but that was only because he kept going to space until 2005 (he went and came back 6 times), but his record was beaten in 2015. Btw, the dude very openly supports Putin, he was one of many 'trusted persons' (basically, the people who have official right to speak on behalf of the candidate and, since Putin never goes on a campaign trail, they show up in commercials and meetings instead of him) for Putin's presidential candidacy both in 2012 and 2018, while being a trusted person for The United Russia (Putin's party) in 2016's parliamentary election. He also holds an official job in government of Sevastopol (one of two regions annexed by Russia in 2014 - the city of Sevastopol was and still is considered a separate entity from the Republic of Crimea). Basically, I don't pity the guy, I would not believe he was 'forgotten' by Soviet government (or by any Russian government afterwards) and I would not believe he ever lost a lot from inflation (he was the Hero of Soviet Union - up until welfare reforms in early 2000s he should've had way more in random free stuff/privileges than he was ever earning in money officially). If someone watched the whole episode, can you tell me if there's a lot of 'shock value' in it? I sometimes get triggered by misrepresentation of Russian history in Western media, so I'd appreciate the advice here.

[@SciGuys]

Everything in your first paragraph was mentioned in the episode. Putin didn't come up in any of the research done for this episode - likely because it was primarily focussed on the story itself rather than his life afterwards. Even searching "Sergei Krikalev Putin" doesn't give much information on that, other than one line on his wikipedia page. Thanks for letting us know. We didn't say anything about him being forgotten by Russia afterwards. The word "forgotten" was barely used in the episode & was really just a reference to him being left up on the space station for an extended period whilst the Soviet Union collapsed. The description isn't really overdramatic - it's just using the SEO terms most associated with this story. In terms of inflation, we stated that his salary did not increase during those 10 months & so when he returned it was worth significantly less. A few sources mention this impacting his family during that period, but we made no reference to this having a lasting significant impact, and explicitly pointed out that it didn't affect him personally whilst in space. Ultimately it was mentioned to illustrate the inflation following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

[@wyacheslawkodanev2107]

@@SciGuys thank you very much. As far as I understand now you did a great job (I guess it's not that easy to find information about him now in English - I've had Russian sources when I was writing my comment). I will definitely watch episode and, if I can add anything, comment here. Thank you guys for years of making quality content ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Brooklyn99432ofmd]

No lol 💕😂

[@crashhdoll6606]

Nahhh space doesn't really interest me

[@crashhdoll6606]

But stories about it do so I'm here