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Off Topic => General Discussion => Topic started by: Obviousman on November 03, 2021, 04:10:13 PM

Title: ISS incident July 2021
Post by: Obviousman on November 03, 2021, 04:10:13 PM
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
Title: Re: ISS incident July 2021
Post by: jfb on November 04, 2021, 05:49:41 PM
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. 
Title: Re: ISS incident July 2021
Post by: Trebor on November 04, 2021, 06:57:12 PM
Scott Manley's video on it is pretty good

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Title: Re: ISS incident July 2021
Post by: Obviousman on November 04, 2021, 08:05:06 PM
Thank you, everyone!