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[Ziusudra]

Russian space chief vows to find “full name” of technician who caused ISS leak

However, recent Russian news reports have shown that the problem was, in fact, a manufacturing defect. It remains unclear whether the hole was an accidental error or intentional. There is evidence that a technician saw the drilling mistake and covered the hole with glue, which prevented the problem from being detected during a vacuum test.

[Starver]

There are 144 millionish Russians (in a wide but mostly defined volume of space). We obviously now need to statistically compare that to the number of micrometeoroids to establish the relative dangers of each!

(And my bet is that it's Vasiliy Pupkin.)

[LordBaal]

I would go with Dimitry Molotov.

[smjjames]

Russian space chief vows to find “full name” of technician who caused ISS leak

However, recent Russian news reports have shown that the problem was, in fact, a manufacturing defect. It remains unclear whether the hole was an accidental error or intentional. There is evidence that a technician saw the drilling mistake and covered the hole with glue, which prevented the problem from being detected during a vacuum test.

Ouch, geeze, that's almost Challenger accident scale cutting corners. Okay, maybe more like Apollo 1, but it's up there on the scale of 'potential to cause death' as in it COULD have been worse, but thankfully wasn't.

[Reelya]

Yeah that seems way more plausible than the saboteur drilling in space thing, which reminds me of Murder in Space Telemovie from the 1980s. In that there are a series of murders on an international space mission, and

On its initial premier, the film was shown without the ending and a competition was set for the viewers to solve the mystery of who the murderer or murderers were. The conclusion of the film was shown several days later, with the contestants eliminated one by one until the winner correctly identified the killer or killers. The final 30 minutes of the film was shown at a later date when the mystery was solved.

[smjjames]

While I saw one article mentioning that they haven't ruled out it happening in space, it's probably best not to jump to epileptic tree conspiracy theory tier conclusions before ruling out someone being sloppy.

If the technician who plugged it up wasn't the one who made the hole, it still reveals another glaring problem of failure to properly report it.

[Ziusudra]

Russian theory that NASA sabotaged the space station spreading like wildfire

[WillowLuman]

Ugh, this sounds like some nationalist schlock.

[PTTG??]

Among other things, an astronaut would know better than to make highly conductive metal cuttings in space.

[scourge728]

Also: I doubt NASA has the budget to go wrecking space stations

[PTTG??]

Also, the space station conducts noise really, really well. The Russian cosmonauts would have heard the drilling no problem, so they would have to be in on it. But if Russia can't trust their cosmonauts, why should they trust their shop workers?

[Loud Whispers]

Imagine S.T.A.L.K.E.R in space

Solar flare soon strelok

[GiglameshDespair]

Get out of here cosnonaut

[Loud Whispers]

If ever there was a time to leave orbit cosmonaut, it is now

[Teneb]

This is ground control to major Trofim...