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Old 5th Jan 2009, 18:45
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norodnik
 
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Yes, I saw it too.

Flight was worried about it from the time of the incident but did nothing. The safety board were so lax they hardly even discussed it.

So many failures it's hard to know where to point the finger suffice to say things apparently are now much better.

Only interesting point for me is the fact that if they had known about it and left them up there to await rescue is whether NASA could have pulled off another remarkable save. If not, as NASA also said, they were better off dying as they did then either dying slowly in orbit or attempting a re-entry knowing they stood almost no chance of living.
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