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minus-squareZoteTheMighty@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoRussians would actually send their cosmonauts to space with a gun in case they encountered a bear before rescue while in the wilderness.
minus-squarececinestpasunbot@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 days agoI just had to look this up and it did not disappoint. It was apparently a triple barrel gun with a machete for a stock and only went out of service in 2006.
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoOr if they encounter space-bears before reentry
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoTbf, USAF pilots generally got the same thing
Russians would actually send their cosmonauts to space with a gun in case they encountered a bear before rescue while in the wilderness.
I just had to look this up and it did not disappoint. It was apparently a triple barrel gun with a machete for a stock and only went out of service in 2006.
Or if they encounter space-bears before reentry
Tbf, USAF pilots generally got the same thing