You might have thought that story about a escape on the International Space Station ( ISS ) had reached its ending after a cause wasseemingly found – but you ’d be awry .
In the previous surprising ontogeny , Russian newspaperKommersantclaimed that US astronauts aboard the post were now suspect . The accusation comes from an nameless source at the Russian space agency Roscosmos , who said they “ can not exclude an unsanctioned access by the Americans , " supply that tec were now pursuing the idea that the Americans were call for .
“ The working possibility expire something like this : one of the American crew members … got ill sometime in August , ” saidArsTechnica . “ The need for the sabotage seems to be that NASA did not desire to give the intact price of a new Soyuz [ to return the crewmember to Earth ] , likely about $ 85 million . ”
The problem all began on thenight of August 29 , when a very tedious leak was found on the ISS . This was finally traced back to a small trap in the orbital module of a docked Soyuz ballistic capsule , which was patched up and repairedpretty quickly .
Initially , it was thought this hole was cause by a micrometeor hitting the post . But an image of the hole showed clearly there were drill mark around it , leading to the charge of either inadvertent damage or sabotage .
" We are weigh all the theories , ” Dmitry Rogozin , CEO of Rocosmos , saidearlier this calendar month . “ The one about a meteorite impact has been rejected because the starship ’s hull was evidently impacted from inwardly . However , it is too early to say decidedly what happened . But , it seems to be done by a stutter hand . ”
Later developments suggested this almost certainly occurred on the ground , perhaps the result of amistake by a worker . notwithstanding , Rogozin had some pretty stark works for whoever caused it , saying they would “ find out , without fail ” who was responsible .
pen on Facebook , Rogozin has nowsought to quellthese recent claims about US Astronauts being involved . He said the hearsay were “ designed to subvert the friendly carnal knowledge among the crew members of the space post . ”
And NASA astronaut Drew Feustal , one of the three US spaceman on the post , also sentence the accusal in a distance - to - undercoat interview with ABC News last night . “ I can unambiguously say that the crew had nothing to do with this , ” he said , reportedFlorida Today .
It ’s a fairly messy affair regarding what appear to have been a simple misunderstanding , and one that imperil to cause unwanted tensions between Russia and the US . A Russian investigation into the leak is ongoing , and hopefully when that ’s reason out we ’ll be able-bodied to put this whole installment to layer .
