There's a gun on the ISS... fact.

I suspect the gun is there in the event something catastrophic happens with no hope of rescue.

If its catastrophic then theres no time to look for the gun :lol: .

Think its more for the first person who says 'Listen guys , I'm getting a bit fed up with all this so I'm just going to pop outside to clear my head'

I suspect the gun is there in the event something catastrophic happens with no hope of rescue. Why prolong the inevitable when something goes wrong and there is no way out of a bad situation.

:lol:

I guess they could shoot out a window to end it all - tougher than double glazing I suspect.
Maybe it goes back to the days of the cold war. If the USA and USSR closed their borders to each other - might have to defend ones space capsule against American aggressors.

Think its more for the first person who says 'Listen guys , I'm getting a bit fed up with all this so I'm just going to pop outside to clear my head'

:lol: :lol: Very good! But, who get's to go out to fetch back the gun?

Very old news, I'm afraid. :lol:

The Russians have had a rifle or handgun aboard all their Soyuz flights since 1967 as part of their survival gear - it all dates back to the landing of Voshkod 2, which landed off-target deep in a very inaccessible region of the Urals. The cosmonauts (Pavel Belyayev and Alexei Leonov) had to spend the night (in a freezing capsule) fending off wolves before being rescued - it was decided to add a weapon to the survival kit in case of a similar event.

Think its more for the first person who says 'Listen guys , I'm getting a bit fed up with all this so I'm just going to pop outside to clear my head'

:lol: :lol: Very good! But, who get's to go out to fetch back the gun?

Kieran: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Seanie: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

How the hell did they get a gun past security?

American government/NASA spends about $9 billion on its space program and this happens?

Nah seriously i never thought of it before. But indeed you cant have one person going crazy and opening an air lock and killing others.

As for a bullet hole downing the ISS.................HELL YES it would.

air leaks out..................vacuum gets in..................crumple crumple. The whole station would be crushed like a tin can.