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Comment by pavel_lishin | original | Why did some Apollo missions carry a grenade launcher?
[−]pavel_lishin · 2026-11-15 Sun 14:57 UTC · link
Surely a chemical/biological solution would have been easier, cheaper, lighter, and less likely to fail.
[−]lanyard-textile · 2026-11-15 Sun 14:59 UTC · link
Who said what's in the gun :)
[−]fnord77 · 2026-11-15 Sun 16:23 UTC · link
> chemical/biological solution

both massively unpleasant

[−]sebzim4500 · 2026-11-15 Sun 16:25 UTC · link
It would but that would have gone against the image that the soviets were trying to convey internally and externally
[−]throwawayffffas · 2026-11-15 Sun 16:30 UTC · link
The solution is you need no solution, air is gonna run out, they will fall unconscious and die.
[−]sebzim4500 · 2026-11-15 Sun 17:01 UTC · link
Eventually yes but if they are unable to scrub CO2 they will die in one of the worst ways possible.
[−]scrumper · 2026-11-15 Sun 17:15 UTC · link
Cyanide pill I get. Tried and tested.

But a biological solution?! I imagine a little jar full of extremely venomous spiders, one for each cosmonaut. Perhaps they'd give them names.

[−]greyr0ck · 2026-11-15 Sun 17:22 UTC · link
Is that you Boris?