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Anyone have any good theories as to how this could have happened? Is it really plausible that it was "accidentally" drilled during manufacture, and not detected
by stevage 8y ago
Anyone have any good theories as to how this could have happened? Is it really plausible that it was "accidentally" drilled during manufacture, and not detected?
I mean, surely there must be some kind of testing step where they test that the craft is completely airtight. And no one is going to be drilling anything after that point.
- ars 8y agoDon't forget it was sealed, and the seal failed. So it was initially air tight. To me that excludes sabotage, and instead points of error that someone tried to cover up. It also points to someone low-level/unskilled since they did a bad job of sealing it.
- stevage 8y agoOh, I missed that part. Yeah, makes total sense.
- jcims 8y agoDo they know for sure it was sealed or is that just the theory how it would have got into space without detecting air loss on the ground? Based on the tracks around the actual hole it looks accidental to me.
- greglindahl 8y agoPart of the point of looking outside was to see if they could see any remains of the seal. Something was preventing it from leaking air, until it did.
- pvaldes 8y agoThere is a limited number of possibilities 1. Done by a right handed person on space (crew) or on earth (builders/crew/other). 2. Done accidentally (a drill machine slips) or with a purpose. 3. The purpose can be seen as good or bad for the mission. The result here was neither good nor very bad, so can be neutral also. 4. A neutral purpose can still serve a role as a tool to alter the status of the cosmonauts either punishing them or improving their situation (like in: returning home faster or somebody drills a small hole to be able to fix it later as an hero). They should look for shaving cream in trash and check it.
- etatoby 8y agoShaving cream? Why?
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoSounds like a Jurassic Park reference (inside job / sabotage)
- pvaldes 8y agoNot a joke and unrelated with jurassic park or any other film reference. It was not used as a metaphor here. I'm talking about the real product for good reasons :-)
- Symmetry 8y agoWell, it had been sealed with glue. So probably someone really did accidentally drill in the wrong place, sealed the hole with glue, and hoped nobody would notice. But then eventually thermal cycling borked the seal.