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Off Topic => General Discussion => Topic started by: Obviousman on November 03, 2021, 04:10:13 PM
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I didn't hear about this incident. Apparently it was a lot worse that was being reported? Anyone know much about it?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/29/science/russia-module-space-station.html
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Some articles about it from Ars Technica:
Russian module suddenly fires thrusters after docking with space station (https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/russian-module-suddenly-fires-thrusters-after-docking-with-space-station/)
Nauka module’s near miss raises concerns about future of space station (https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/nauka-modules-near-miss-raises-concerns-about-future-of-space-station/)
The problem is that Roscosmos is pretty much a shadow of its former self; workmanship and quality control are suffering, as well as morale. That's leading to things like booster failures due to shoddy construction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_MS-10), errant holes drilled in spacecraft (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_MS-09), and now apparently this incident; per the second Ars article, Rogozin claimed someone on the ground "could have made a mistake."
Frankly, I do not believe Russia has the ability to support a manned space program anymore - like Boeing it's coasting on reputation and past glory, but it has lost the ability to do even the basic bread-and-butter stuff, much less adding new modules to the ISS decades after they were built.
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Scott Manley's video on it is pretty good
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Thank you, everyone!