What would happen if the shuttle Atlantis landed in N. Korea? Or any other forign country?

Question

What would happen if the shuttle landed in a typical airport and not a specialized airport?

If the shuttle landed in N. Korea, do you think US would be piss at NASA, theoratically speaking.

P.S. did Atlantis landed in Edwards air force base in California, USA?

Answer 1

Edwards is the shuttle landing site in California. There are actually shuttle landing sites all over the world in case there is an emergency. There are Russian space vehicles that go up all the time and land routinely in places like Kazakhstan.

The United States has something called export control..there is basically a list of places it doesn't want its technologies to go, and they make sure they don't go there. North Korea is probably on the list, so they will try to make sure that doesn't happen. If there is an emergency and the shuttle has to land in a foreign country which is not approved, though, then that may become a foreign policy issue and I don't know what will happen. The shuttles are helping to build the INTERNATIONAL space station, so hopefully whatever country its in will recognize they are in a partnership with us and help return the shuttle to the US.

Answer 2

Edwards is the shuttle landing site in California. There are actually shuttle landing sites all over the world in case there is an emergency. There are Russian space vehicles that go up all the time and land routinely in places like Kazakhstan.

The United States has something called export control..there is basically a list of places it doesn't want its technologies to go, and they make sure they don't go there. North Korea is probably on the list, so they will try to make sure that doesn't happen. If there is an emergency and the shuttle has to land in a foreign country which is not approved, though, then that may become a foreign policy issue and I don't know what will happen. The shuttles are helping to build the INTERNATIONAL space station, so hopefully whatever country its in will recognize they are in a partnership with us and help return the shuttle to the US.

The shuttle has landed at Edwards. (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-shuttle23jun23,0,3248419.story?coll=la-home-center)

Answer 3

Well I believe that the chances of that are very slim, just because thats the only thing NASA really knows...But if a shuttle landed in Korea some place that didn't like I think it would be big problem!

And I did hear it landed in cali, but i dont know which airport

Answer 4

Koreans would probably take the astronauts hostage and take the shuttle apart.

Yes the shuttle landed at Edwards AFB in California desert. I live in O.C. California and the sonic boom was sooooo loud it shook my house and rattled the windows. The entire neighborhood came out to see what was going on.

Very fascinating. Im glad they made it home alive!

Answer 5

Probably crash, commercial runways are just not long enough. If it crashed in North Korea, Kim Jung Mentally-Ill would declare it a national assest and request negotiations with the world based upon their being a space faring nation. Other countries would just use it as leverage to negotiate some trade deal or to show the world how cooperative they are with other countries.

Answer 6

Hi. The shuttle would be treated like any other type of craft. It would be impounded, taken apart, studied if it landed in 'hostile' countries. Most runways are no long enough, I think.