antonomasia09:

sexhaver:

tilthat:

TIL that until 2006 Russian Cosmonauts carried weapons into space. This included a pistol, shotgun, and machete. The purpose of these weapons was to defend the Cosmonauts from wolves, bears and other wildlife after their return trip to the Siberian wilderness

via reddit.com

there’s something poetic about the idea of surviving the most inhospitable environment in the universe and the several-mile fall from it through the power of technology and then being lain low by a fucking bear

I skipped the last part the first time I read this, and I genuinely thought they were carrying weapons to defend themselves from wolves and bears in space. Because you never know where the wildlife might be lurking, right?