Cook
Banned
Also more realistic based on capsule design and orbital mechanics. I can't see us keeping the cosmonauts, either, though depending on where they land they might be in trouble...
Same result, just substitute White House for Kremlin and Cosmonaut for Astronaut etc.
Kiat’s correct.
A NASA astronaut would be repatriated, after a thorough health check-up at the Soviet Union’s best Hospital and a state dinner and photo opportunity with Nikita Khrushchev at the Kremlin.
There would be smiles and handshakes all round, and the Soviets would take the opportunity to remind everyone that their space craft don’t go crashing down on people’s heads and the Americans would graciously smile through gritted teeth and thank the USSR for the help in rescuing the astronaut and his good treatment. This was after all the world’s highest profile sporting event. Photo opportunities were what it was all about.
The American capsule would be examined and then put on public display in Moscow beside a Soviet Vostok, the Soviets taking every opportunity to demonstrate the clear superiority of their craft over the primitive American Mercury capsule. It would not be returned as it is a salvaged wreck and the Soviets are under no obligation to return it.