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There are rumors out there in the spacefaring community, wallpapered pretty heavily and media/google censored, regarding the astronaut responsible: https://www

There are rumors out there in the spacefaring community, wallpapered pretty heavily and media/google censored, regarding the astronaut responsible: https://www.newsweek.com/russia-could-take-legal-action-against-nasa-astronaut-accused-drilling-hole-spacecraft-1655420 https://www.newsweek.com/russia-could-take-legal-action-agai... Basically the full workup describes her having a mental breakdown and just making life up there more and more miserable, saying "take me home or I'll escalate" followed by many cycles of not being taken home and escalating. It includes stealing/losing most tools and equipment and "losing them" to the vacuum of space, drilling holes in the space station, and let us diplomatically say... very poor hygiene related to human waste. The astronaut involved basically quit doing any work. Supposedly this ruined the station and basically assured that it be taken offline.

AIorNot 2y ago
Gossip of course rises to the top I was an ISS Flight Controller for 6 years and worked in NASA mission planning and the idea that a us astronaut was “losing it in orbit and intentionally drilled a whole” is pretty ridiculous It’s obvious that the “hole” was some kind of miss by QA on the Russian side on the ground and it’s in Russian media interest currently to spread any unfounded speculation out into the interwebs Both the Russian Cosmonauts and US Astronauts were eminently professional people hardworking and dependable people and the also ground crews across the world who work night and day operating the station such that no ISS Crewmember should ever deserve to get their names dragged in the mud over this https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nasa-astronaut-sabotage-iss/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nasa-astronaut-sabotage-is...
- GenerocUsername 2y ago
  As a Westerner, the gov blaming things on Russia is like a school kid saying their dog ate their homework... Even if it's true, ts so cliche at this point I just don't believe it
  - OKRainbowKid 2y ago
    It's almost as cliche as the Russian gov blaming the west for all their troubles.
  - bdjsiqoocwk 2y ago
    You should watch some Russian media to see the stuff they say. I think you'd gain some appreciation for our side.

AIorNot 2y ago

Gossip of course rises to the top I was an ISS Flight Controller for 6 years and worked in NASA mission planning and the idea that a us astronaut was “losing it in orbit and intentionally drilled a whole” is pretty ridiculous It’s obvious that the “hole” was some kind of miss by QA on the Russian side on the ground and it’s in Russian media interest currently to spread any unfounded speculation out into the interwebs Both the Russian Cosmonauts and US Astronauts were eminently professional people hardworking and dependable people and the also ground crews across the world who work night and day operating the station such that no ISS Crewmember should ever deserve to get their names dragged in the mud over this https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nasa-astronaut-sabotage-iss/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nasa-astronaut-sabotage-is...

GenerocUsername 2y ago
As a Westerner, the gov blaming things on Russia is like a school kid saying their dog ate their homework... Even if it's true, ts so cliche at this point I just don't believe it
- OKRainbowKid 2y ago
  It's almost as cliche as the Russian gov blaming the west for all their troubles.
- bdjsiqoocwk 2y ago
  You should watch some Russian media to see the stuff they say. I think you'd gain some appreciation for our side.