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posted by martyb on Friday September 14 2018, @11:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the We've-got-top-men-looking-into-it dept.

Russian theory that NASA sabotaged the space station spreading like wildfire

As you may recall, a low-pressure leak occurred aboard the International Space Station in late August. Eventually the crews traced the leak to the orbital module of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft that had arrived at the station in June. After the problem was traced to what appears to be a manufacturing defect, the head of Russia's space program essentially called for the head of whoever made the error. Now, however, something entirely new is afoot in Russia. A growing number of Russian publications have been putting forth an absurd new theory—that a NASA astronaut deliberately caused the leak on board the station in order to force the evacuation of a sick crew member. The story has spread like wildfire during the last 24 hours, according to Robinson Mitchell, who translates Russian space stories for Ars.

One of the most prominent articles was published Wednesday in Kommersant, which says Russian investigators are vigorously pursuing the claim that Americans may have damaged the Soyuz deliberately. Publicly, Roscosmos leader Dmitry Rogozin was quoted as saying about Russia's investigation into the leak, "Results we have received do not give us an objective picture. The situation is much more complex than we earlier thought." Privately, however, several sources from the space agency are leaking much juicier comments to the Russian media. "Our Soyuz is next to the Rassvet (Dawn) module, right next to the hatch into the American segment of the station," one source told Kommersant. "Access to our ship is possible only with the permission of our commander, but we cannot exclude an unsanctioned access by the Americans."

The NASA/Roscosmos joint statement:

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and Roscosmos General Director Dmitry Rogozin met for the first time yesterday via teleconference to discuss the status of International Space Station (ISS) operations in response to a request from Roscosmos. As part of their discussion, Dmitry Rogozin informed his American counterpart about Roscosmos' decision to establish a Roscosmos-led Commission to investigate the cause of the leak in the Soyuz (MS-09/55S) spacecraft currently docked to the station. The Administrator and the General Director noted speculations circulating in the media regarding the possible cause of the incident and agreed on deferring any preliminary conclusions and providing any explanations until the final investigation has been completed.

They affirmed the necessity of further close interaction between NASA and Roscosmos technical teams in identifying and eliminating the cause of the leak, as well as continuation of normal ISS operations and NASA's ongoing support of the Roscosmos-led Soyuz investigation. They acknowledged the entire crew is dedicated to the safe operation of the station and all docked spacecraft to ensure mission success.

The Administrator and the Roscosmos General Director agreed to conduct their first face-to-face meeting at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on or about Oct. 10 when the NASA Administrator will visit Russia and Kazakhstan in conjunction with the upcoming Soyuz crew spacecraft launch of American astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexy Ovchinin.

Previously: Russian Space Chief Vows to Find "Full Name" of Technician Who Caused ISS Leak


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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday September 15 2018, @12:44AM (6 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 15 2018, @12:44AM (#735169) Journal

    Knowing that the hole is near the toilet, I reckon you still have a thing or two to tell her.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday September 15 2018, @12:58AM (4 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 15 2018, @12:58AM (#735172) Journal

    Me tell her? Are you nuts? Grandpa is forbidden to tell the child certain things. For instance, magic. Informing the girl that magic isn't real would result in my near-instantaneous death at the hands of Mama and Grandma. Let's make a deal - YOU tell her!

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday September 15 2018, @01:22AM (3 children)

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 15 2018, @01:22AM (#735179) Journal

      Let's make a deal - YOU tell her!

      That's not a deal; what's in for me?

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      • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Saturday September 15 2018, @03:38AM

        by MostCynical (2589) on Saturday September 15 2018, @03:38AM (#735205) Journal

        Slow, and likely painful, death.

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      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday September 15 2018, @09:49AM (1 child)

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 15 2018, @09:49AM (#735246) Journal

        The satisfaction of knowing that you've done that trademarked "right thing"?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @10:14AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @10:14AM (#735250)

          And let you with the trademarked "good things"?
          Sorry, no.

  • (Score: 2) by jasassin on Sunday September 16 2018, @09:11AM

    by jasassin (3566) <jasassin@gmail.com> on Sunday September 16 2018, @09:11AM (#735589) Homepage Journal

    Knowing that the hole is near the toilet, I reckon you still have a thing or two to tell her.

    I'm pretty sure she had a good idea what was going on after the penis slid out the hole.

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