“Space is without borders, this is our answer" [View all]

[Ichingcarpenter]

While space has long remained politics-free, NASA’s Reid Wiseman, ESA’s Alexander Gerst, and commander Maksim Suraev of Russia’s Roscosmos could not escape questions on how their personal relations have been affected by the tensions between the world powers on Ukraine, which have already endangered US-Russian space cooperation.

“Because of the events in Ukraine that we all know about, the relationship between the United States, Russia and Germany became pretty tense. Do you feel this tension on the level of your team?” a journalist from Russian TV channel NTV asked the crew of three.

Instead of going into detail, the three astronauts stood up and hugged each other.

This is our answer,” astronaut Wiseman said in Russian.

“Yes, this is our answer for everyone to see,” cosmonaut Suraev added.

http://rt.com/news/161788-iss-hug-selfie-ukraine/