Russian Cosmonauts Say That the Hole in the Soyuz Was Drilled from the Inside
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Re: Russian Cosmonauts Say That the Hole in the Soyuz Was Drilled from the Inside
#2Do you ever find yourself in the position whereyou are holding a brand new drill (for instance) in your hand, and you are just desperate to try it on something. I am the same with a new knife, something is going to get cut. Maybe this happened? "I wonder how well this drills aluminium, OMG it went right through"...pretend nothing happened.
It is a bit like developers with a new js framework I suppose.
Re: Russian Cosmonauts Say That the Hole in the Soyuz Was Drilled from the Inside
#3Julian Assange is stepping his game up, not just leaking documents but also air from ISS.
Re: Russian Cosmonauts Say That the Hole in the Soyuz Was Drilled from the Inside
#4Do you ever find yourself in the position whereyou are holding a brand new drill (for instance) in your hand, and you are just desperate to try it on something . I am the same with a new knife, something is going to get cut. Maybe this happened? "I wonder how well this drills aluminium, OMG it went right through"...pretend nothing happened. It is a bit like developers with a new js framework I suppose.
Honestly, I could see how this could happen.
Re: Russian Cosmonauts Say That the Hole in the Soyuz Was Drilled from the Inside
#5Do you ever find yourself in the position whereyou are holding a brand new drill (for instance) in your hand, and you are just desperate to try it on something . I am the same with a new knife, something is going to get cut. Maybe this happened? "I wonder how well this drills aluminium, OMG it went right through"...pretend nothing happened. It is a bit like developers with a new js framework I suppose.
Seems more likely to me that some situation like "stacked panels, top panel is drilled thru and fabricator didn't notice" followed by someone else assembling it and thinking "this hole might be here for a reason".
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#6Can they figure out if it was drilled in space or Earth
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#7So I was teaching a new guy on building some of the interior work on sailboats. I showed him how to drill a couple of holes through the fiberglass flange to mount something-or-other. Several hours later my boss asks me why there's two small holes in the hull. Well, I didn't specifically tell him not to drill through the flange, the cm of space, and through the whole hull.
Re: Russian Cosmonauts Say That the Hole in the Soyuz Was Drilled from the Inside
#8Julian Assange is stepping his game up, not just leaking documents but also air from ISS.
Don't do this here.
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Re: Russian Cosmonauts Say That the Hole in the Soyuz Was Drilled from the Inside
#10Do you ever find yourself in the position whereyou are holding a brand new drill (for instance) in your hand, and you are just desperate to try it on something . I am the same with a new knife, something is going to get cut. Maybe this happened? "I wonder how well this drills aluminium, OMG it went right through"...pretend nothing happened. It is a bit like developers with a new js framework I suppose.
Seems more likely to me that some situation like "stacked panels, top panel is drilled thru and fabricator didn't notice" followed by someone else assembling it and thinking "this hole might be here for a reason".
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Scratch marks around the hole means that panel was likely not obstructed by anything [but possibly soft material].
Stacked panels is unlikely.
2. Drill was hand-held - again due to the marks where drill bit was trying to find it's way around.
3. No any markings from pen/pencil or anything that would show that any kind of measurements were done beforehand. Which means that the hole was not part of any specific fixture/attachment or construction element.
Which strengthens hypothesis that the purpose of the hole was the hole itself. Location and/or precision of the hole was not important as much as the hole itself.
At this point precise inspection is needed to find the tool used as well as determine which person's suit/clothing/outfit/personal belongings (astronaut's or technician) contain the traces of the metal that fall off as a result of the hole drilling effort.