chungleong

I'm an American living in Europe. Right now, I'm unable to manage my American bank account as most operations require a 2FA code, which would get sent to a dead number. I'm heading stateside next week and I'm pondering how I can rectify this situation. Buying a cheapy prepaid plan (e.g. Red Pocket) is one option. I'm worried though that might not work. First, the bank might refuse to send the code to a phone not tied to an SSN. Second, the phone might not get the messages across the ocean due to lack of roaming.

Anyone has experience?

I saw a Soyuz reentry vehicle today at the cosmonaut museum in Zhytomyr. At the bottom of the capsule there're instructions in both Russian and English for opening it. That makes sense since the thing could land far beyond the designated landing zone. What I don't get is how the text could survive reentry since it's printed where the heat shield is.

Here's a picture: https://ibb.co/RgfZfPR