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MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 02:15 PM Sep 2018

Space station leak could have been sabotage, Russia says.

Source: NBC News

The chief of Russia's space agency is claiming that the small hole that caused an air leak on the International Space Station last week wasn't caused by a meteorite, as originally thought, but was deliberately drilled and could be evidence of sabotage.

"We are considering all the theories," Dmitry Rogozin, the space agency chief, told the Russian news agency Tass on Monday. "The one about the meteorite impact has been rejected because the spaceship's hull was evidently impacted from inside ... It was done by a human hand — there are traces of a drill sliding along the surface."

The hole, a 2-millimeter (0.08-inch) perforation that was found last Wednesday in a Soyuz spacecraft docked at the station, could have been an "accidental defect" introduced during construction of the craft or a "deliberate spoilage," Rogozin told Tass, adding that it could have been made on Earth or in space.

"Now it is essential to see the reason, to learn the name of the one responsible for that," he said. "And we will find out, without fail." A NASA spokesperson declined to comment on the report, but the agency said last week that a commission had been convened to determine the source of the leak, which was successfully sealed on Thursday by astronauts aboard the station.




Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/space-station-leak-could-have-been-sabotage-russia-says-ncna906201



Well, the Russians really are going around the bend on this one, IMO.
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Space station leak could have been sabotage, Russia says. (Original Post) MicaelS Sep 2018 OP
Give me a break. catbyte Sep 2018 #1
You're right about that, since its in the Russian capsule! 7962 Sep 2018 #5
I think you are correct MosheFeingold Sep 2018 #22
There are drills on the space station, but sabotage would be suicide. lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #23
Hillary and Obama did it Liberalagogo Sep 2018 #2
Give it time - it will happen! KCDebbie Sep 2018 #13
Yup. Jedi Guy Sep 2018 #20
It seems that the important fact here is that the hole is in a Soyuz capsule, NOT the space station. groundloop Sep 2018 #3
Bingo paleotn Sep 2018 #16
I was hoping they would keep the ISS out of it BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #4
Sounds like a Greenwald theory still_one Sep 2018 #6
Russia does know a thing or two about sabotaging. aeromanKC Sep 2018 #7
Sabotage with lack of evidence. djacq Sep 2018 #8
Probably a mistake during construction JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2018 #9
Endurance by Scott Kelly (who spent a year on the ISS.) efhmc Sep 2018 #10
Guilty conscience much? byronius Sep 2018 #11
Probably Dr Smith did it. edbermac Sep 2018 #12
Hah! Yes! lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #24
From the link left-of-center2012 Sep 2018 #14
"we will find out, without fail" 0rganism Sep 2018 #15
Give them credit for finding and plugging leaks. Unlike a certain unnamed white house administration Xipe Totec Sep 2018 #17
14 PSI (or less)... ret5hd Sep 2018 #18
"Deliberate spoilage." Like our 2016 elections? dchill Sep 2018 #19
Let Trump send out a tweet. keithbvadu2 Sep 2018 #21

catbyte

(34,326 posts)
1. Give me a break.
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 02:21 PM
Sep 2018

It sounds like a guy fucked up with his drill then did a poor job of covering it up. Either way, the guy who did it is toast.

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
5. You're right about that, since its in the Russian capsule!
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 02:32 PM
Sep 2018

Probably a couple workers hauling ass in Russia right now

MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts)
22. I think you are correct
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 10:01 AM
Sep 2018

Sounds like someone screwed up during assembly, patched it, and the patch came loose due to the extreme cold and hot cycling of space.

Pretty typical for Soviet/Russian engineering, really.

I doubt there are drills on the space station.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
23. There are drills on the space station, but sabotage would be suicide.
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 10:15 AM
Sep 2018

I don't think anybody up there is quite that nuts.

 

Liberalagogo

(1,770 posts)
2. Hillary and Obama did it
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 02:24 PM
Sep 2018

with their secret space force of pedophiles.

In before Alex Jones runs with this.


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groundloop

(11,513 posts)
3. It seems that the important fact here is that the hole is in a Soyuz capsule, NOT the space station.
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 02:27 PM
Sep 2018

That most likely makes it a Russian QC problem.

BumRushDaShow

(128,372 posts)
4. I was hoping they would keep the ISS out of it
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 02:29 PM
Sep 2018

but apparently the screws are being turned now and the high stakes extortion is apparently about to begin.

djacq

(1,633 posts)
8. Sabotage with lack of evidence.
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 02:49 PM
Sep 2018

I will believe micro meteorite or manufactured defect before I believe sabotage.

Compromising infrastructure of the ISS can turn out to be a serious matter for all onboard.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,315 posts)
9. Probably a mistake during construction
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 03:01 PM
Sep 2018

Hole-drilling robot #2: Anyone know how this hole got here?

Hole-drilling robot #3: No, but we can blame Hole-drilling robot #1.

Hole-drilling robot #2: What happened to Hole-drilling robot #1?

Hole-drilling robot #3: He changed his name to DU-trolling-robot #873. Better pay, more vodka.

Hole-drilling robot #2: I can cover hole with masking tape. Where is DU-trolling employment office?

efhmc

(14,721 posts)
10. Endurance by Scott Kelly (who spent a year on the ISS.)
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 03:02 PM
Sep 2018

sheds some pretty interesting facts on how poorly the Russian workers and cosmonauts are paid and treated. They always respond positively when asked how they are and how things are going on their mission even when it it not true. Their bonuses and treatment and jobs depend on answering this way,

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
14. From the link
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 04:18 PM
Sep 2018

"Russia Today reported that a source with Energia, the maker of the Soyuz spacecraft,
said the hole had been made on the ground by a worker who accidentally drilled it and then —
rather than reporting the mistake — simply sealed it.

The seal held for the two months the spacecraft has been in orbit before drying up and being dislodged by air pressure, according to the report."

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