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Err, nothing says the identified responsible was a Russian. The glue had time to dry off, so the drilling may have occurred a long time ago. Let's not jump to

Err, nothing says the identified responsible was a Russian. The glue had time to dry off, so the drilling may have occurred a long time ago. Let's not jump to conclusions, But the suspense is insufferable!

comboy 8y ago
What does it matter if it was a Russian or not? Obviously that person should have reported it, but I'm surprised that there wasn't more QC. I imagined at least a few people inspect everything after it's "ready to go".
- mmjaa 8y ago
  The only reason it matters if it was a Russian engineer or not, is so that Americans' currently engaged in two-minutes hate can use this story as yet more confirmation of their bias against Russia. There's simply no other reason to point it out and make an issue out of it.
  - Tor3 8y ago
    So where did it say that a Russian did it? The only reference is to a 'specialist'. You're putting up a straw man so that you can push it down. You sound like you're from that well-known trolling group btw.
    - mmjaa 8y ago
      Your reading comprehension not so good? Blinded by hate? Look at the person whose message I responded to - it was them who mentioned it was a Russian. >well-known trolling group Yeah, thanks for proving my point that America is in the grips of two-minutes hate right now ..
      - Tor3 8y ago
        I've read all the comments. The main theme is a discussion about how a working environment can be set up to avoid such potentially disastrous things to happen - i.e. hiding technical problems and errors instead of doing it properly (report, fix, verify). It's not like it's only happened in Russia. Everybody knows about the Challenger disaster, which came about due to (in that case) management ignoring issues, so it's different, but still similar. Or do you really prefer that things like this shouldn't be discussed or revealed, but be hidden under a carpet instead? (and a lot of people here, including myself, are not American. Wouldn't go there if I were paid for it. So that's not what this is about. At all.)
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    - dang 8y ago
      That last bit breaks the HN guidelines. Can you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and follow the rules when posting here?
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- st1ck 8y ago
  That was a sarcasm. Nobody seems to get it.
moftz 8y ago
The hole was underneath some material and that Soyuz has only been up there since June. Sure, an astronaut could have done it but they typically aren't working on the Soyuz because it's not really something you have to maintain since they are constantly sending up new ones. It's much more likely the mistake was made on the ground. Soyuz is made by Energia, a partially Russian state-owned company that manufactures in Russia.

comboy 8y ago

What does it matter if it was a Russian or not? Obviously that person should have reported it, but I'm surprised that there wasn't more QC. I imagined at least a few people inspect everything after it's "ready to go".

mmjaa 8y ago
The only reason it matters if it was a Russian engineer or not, is so that Americans' currently engaged in two-minutes hate can use this story as yet more confirmation of their bias against Russia. There's simply no other reason to point it out and make an issue out of it.
- Tor3 8y ago
  So where did it say that a Russian did it? The only reference is to a 'specialist'. You're putting up a straw man so that you can push it down. You sound like you're from that well-known trolling group btw.
  - mmjaa 8y ago
    Your reading comprehension not so good? Blinded by hate? Look at the person whose message I responded to - it was them who mentioned it was a Russian. >well-known trolling group Yeah, thanks for proving my point that America is in the grips of two-minutes hate right now ..
    - Tor3 8y ago
      I've read all the comments. The main theme is a discussion about how a working environment can be set up to avoid such potentially disastrous things to happen - i.e. hiding technical problems and errors instead of doing it properly (report, fix, verify). It's not like it's only happened in Russia. Everybody knows about the Challenger disaster, which came about due to (in that case) management ignoring issues, so it's different, but still similar. Or do you really prefer that things like this shouldn't be discussed or revealed, but be hidden under a carpet instead? (and a lot of people here, including myself, are not American. Wouldn't go there if I were paid for it. So that's not what this is about. At all.)
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  - dang 8y ago
    That last bit breaks the HN guidelines. Can you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and follow the rules when posting here?
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st1ck 8y ago
That was a sarcasm. Nobody seems to get it.

moftz 8y ago

The hole was underneath some material and that Soyuz has only been up there since June. Sure, an astronaut could have done it but they typically aren't working on the Soyuz because it's not really something you have to maintain since they are constantly sending up new ones. It's much more likely the mistake was made on the ground. Soyuz is made by Energia, a partially Russian state-owned company that manufactures in Russia.