Just to be clear, the title is incorrect. The hole is in the Soyuz, not the ISS.
The title is extremely misleading.
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
#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is a treasure trove of wisdom. Thank you for sharing. The challenge I have is my hard wiring for anger with pain. I'm a goofy dad but when my toddler swings his skull full speed into my jaw, a spark ignites something in me and my civilized brain can muster one thing: put him down, go to the garage, and kick a garbage can. Otherwise I have this uncorked rage and I feel scared with it. I'm not proud of it but I ac…
It's ok to go kick a garbage can sometimes. Raising kids is hard enough without feeling bad for damaging garbage cans. Pro-tip, though: don't kick walls. Broken toes suck.
A stud once every 16 inches? I like those odds!
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#73In the museum on Nantuckut there is a display devoted to the USS Essex , a whaling ship (it is the ship that the whale rams, I think). One incindent that made an impression on me was a sailor, who was driven insane by boredom, and sabotaged the ship, just for something to happen. I understand space to be unbelivably boring.
My boss's classmate from college went up to the ISS for the first time a couple of years ago. They graduated about 25 years ago and his classmate worked nonstop for 25 years to get to go to space. My understanding is once there, you work 16 hour days non-stop. I think most people would describe being on the ISS as anything else but "boring".
There was a mutiny on a Skylab mission due to overworking the crew
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Please don't do this here.
Re: Russian Cosmonauts Say That the Hole in the Soyuz Was Drilled from the Inside
#75Just to be clear, the title is incorrect. The hole is in the Soyuz, not the ISS.
Ok, we've changed that above.
Re: Russian Cosmonauts Say That the Hole in the Soyuz Was Drilled from the Inside
#76In the museum on Nantuckut there is a display devoted to the USS Essex , a whaling ship (it is the ship that the whale rams, I think). One incindent that made an impression on me was a sailor, who was driven insane by boredom, and sabotaged the ship, just for something to happen. I understand space to be unbelivably boring.
My boss's classmate from college went up to the ISS for the first time a couple of years ago. They graduated about 25 years ago and his classmate worked nonstop for 25 years to get to go to space. My understanding is once there, you work 16 hour days non-stop. I think most people would describe being on the ISS as anything else but "boring".
ISS crew have more tasks than time, and typically undersleep.
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#77Cant they determinate the point in time when the air of the hole started acting as a thrust vector?
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#78Do 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.
It's a good thing that with Blue Origin, Amazon can deliver new drills everywhere.
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
1. 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 fixt…
Conclusion that the hole was intended is not likely. The hole has its own drift mark, you can still get a drift mark after punching through your piece. There are 3 drift marks, 3 other bit taps, 2 or 3 more bit taps further back where the panel jig-jogs (this was what they were shooting for in the first place, this dead space where the bit could punch through safely.) Most people that drill a lot of holes in metal ha…
> The most disturbing evidence here is the drift mark before the hole among the other bit tap marks. It implies the person drilling it did not have mental focus.
It is possible the drilling was done well away from line of sight, say somebody drilling near the top of the capsule while standing on the acceleration couch after the stack was erected. Tough to control a drill when your arms are near full extension.