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Third paragraph, with a quote directly after it: An unnamed source told RIA Novosti the person responsible for drilling the hole filled it with glue instead of
by unwind 8y ago
Third paragraph, with a quote directly after it:
An unnamed source told RIA Novosti the person responsible for drilling the hole filled it with glue instead of reporting the mistake.
"The glue dried and was squeezed out, opening the hole," the source told the media outlet.
It's fun that the astronauts did the proper/final fix with epoxy, which to most people is of course also a glue. So perhaps the worker used (or mis-used) the wrong glue to fix this, rather than tried to cover up the mistake? Of course it sounds reasonable that it should have been reported, which didn't happen, so so the working environment seems improvable.
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- Double_a_92 8y agoMaybe it was reported and the "proper" fix at that time was to use that glue.
- tim333 8y agoEpoxy's probably the best you can do in space but on the ground I imagine it would have been better to weld or replace the part.
- jandrese 8y agoI think "the part" in this case is the entire pressure vessel. You would have to disassemble everything and build a new capsule out of the parts. The thing that gets me is that the glue "squeezed out" of the hole? What did they use? Hot glue? Rubber cement? Once epoxy hardens it might break up but it's not going to squeeze through anything.
- INTPenis 8y agoUgh ok, wtf. Believe it or not but with JS disabled I get a completely different text that doesn't mention glue.
- Operyl 8y agoSafari, JS disabled, text appears just fine for me.
- croddin 8y agoI can reproduce that on chrome with JS off. It looks like the first two paragraphs are there but covered by the image.
- PuffinBlue 8y agoIt's just hidden behind the photograph. Inspect element or view source and you'll see it.
- knute 8y agoAlso I believe the astronauts used epoxy to glue a patch over the hole, instead of just filling the hole with glue/epoxy, so the current solution should be much more structurally sound.