There is something wrong in Russia.

It appears that the Russian government is prepared to fine its own cosmonauts for the crash aboard the space station MIR.

Can this be true? Are they serious? Have they lost their minds?

It would appear that way.

How can a government fine its own people in an accident they themselves said was more a result of a computer error than human error.

Perhaps the Russian cosmonauts were a bit off in their calculations but reports say it wasn’t all their fault.

Let’s think about this: these men are in space risking their lives, charting untraveled territory, hundreds of thousands of miles away from their families and friends.

Shouldn’t they be given some sort of concessions as representatives of their country in space? It is only the right thing to do.

The Russian government, as we speak, is still having problems with the spacestation.

Only last week they had a computer failure that disabled the astronauts and MIR for an undisclosed amount of time. The computer failure happened as the cosmonauts were attempting a space walk and it could have caused more than just the rotation of the space station to stop.

These men, in our opinion, should be given a hero’s welcome when they return home this week. Wouldn’t that be the proper thing to do?

After all, they have spent parts of their lives on a ship which is more than 10 years old.

Instead of fining these gentlemen, perhaps the Russian government could try awarding them a medal or some sort of compensation for their efforts.

After spending so much time in space living and surviving on that bucket of bolts they deserve it.