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left-of-center2012

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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."

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
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