Cosmonauts arrive at space station in yellow and blue

Re:Cosmonauts arrive at space station in yellow and blue by jw_mc on Saturday March 19, 2022 @01:33PM (#30735732)

When the cosmonauts were able to talk to family back on Earth, Artemyev was asked about the suits. He said every crew chooses their own.

“It became our turn to pick a color. But in fact, we had accumulated a lot of yellow material so we needed to use it. So that's why we had to wear yellow,” he said.

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Re:Cosmonauts arrive at space station in yellow and blue by ceejayoz on Saturday March 19, 2022 @01:38PM (#30735782)

That seems... implausible.

There may be a mundane explanation: https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1504953365196943367

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Re:Cosmonauts arrive at space station in yellow and blue by SECProto on Saturday March 19, 2022 @02:05PM (#30736064)

If "they're our university colours" was the reason, they likely would've said so when asked. Even if that was the reason when the outfits were chosen originally, that isn't the reason they gave when asked.

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Re:Cosmonauts arrive at space station in yellow and blue by throwoutway on Saturday March 19, 2022 @02:25PM (#30736297)

Or they just don't want to violate laws back home and made up an excuse

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Re:Cosmonauts arrive at space station in yellow and blue by ceejayoz on Saturday March 19, 2022 @02:28PM (#30736322)

I think it’s more plausible than the number of people who’d have to be involved making custom jumpsuits and sneaking them onboard.

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Re:Cosmonauts arrive at space station in yellow and blue by robjan on Sunday March 20, 2022 @01:27AM (#30740401)

According to a follow-up article by the same news outlet this tweet is the correct explanation. I'm not going to make judgement because I don't have enough information to decide either way

https://www.cp24.com/mobile/world/russian-cosmonauts-suits-a...

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Re:Cosmonauts arrive at space station in yellow and blue by goldcd on Saturday March 19, 2022 @06:10PM (#30738006)

I choose to see that as plausible deniability.

But then there's also a great big russian flag worked into the suit.

But then there's the 'why didn't they say it was college colours?"

Who knows?

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