Russia Could Take Legal Action Against NASA Astronaut

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Russia Could Take Legal Action Against NASA Astronaut Accused of Drilling Hole in Spacecraft​

Russia has completed its investigation into a hole discovered on the Soyuz spacecraft while docked at the International Space Station (ISS) in 2018. Criminal charges could now be brought against a NASA astronaut for allegedly sabotaging the craft.

In August 2018, NASA ground control detected depressurization aboard the ISS, which was traced to a 2mm- (1/16 of an inch) wide drill hole in part of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked to the space station at the time. Crew members patched the breach up with epoxy resin for the remainder of the time the Soyuz was docked to the space station.

Now, Russian space agency Roscosmos has told the Russian publication RIA Novosti that the results of an investigation into the hole had been sent to law enforcement officials.

Russia Could Take Legal Action Against NASA Astronaut

In 2018 a 2-millimeter hole was discovered in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked at the ISS. Russian authorities have passed the results of an investigation to law enforcement.

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[SamSpade]

I can't see how this hole could have been made in space, because doing it at all seems unlikely. The only way it appears that hole could have been made is deliberately with a cordless drill, and to do so serves no purpose, nor would there be a reason to do it. The picture looked as though someone failed to place a metal screw where it should have been placed, and the two sheets of metal look misaligned.

What's HYSTERICAL is the idea that Russia would NEVER endanger cosmonauts or astronauts in space GIVEN THEIR HISTORY. No, really, they are claiming that THEIR HISTORY supports them never endangering them. They're the only country to date to have lost space explorers in space. In their OWN spacecraft - in their OWN program.