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NASA Investigates Possible Sabotage by Worker

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the wrench-in-the-gears dept.

mytrip writes "NASA said today it is investigating suspected sabotage of a recorder placed on the shuttle Endeavour for delivery to the space station where it will track physical stresses on the orbiting lab."

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  1. Mothers Against Drunk Astronauts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    More info at BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6918490.stm "The discovery came as an independent health panel found astronauts had been allowed to fly after drinking alcohol." Is this a joke? So all this time 'The Right stuff' was in reference to a Johnny Walker?!?

  2. Details are scant, but.... by dashslotter · · Score: 2, Informative

    FTA: The recorder, which does not play a role in protecting astronauts or the space station, was damaged by an unidentified person or persons and will be repaired. No word yet on suspects, but NASA investigators said it was "peppered pretty good."

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  3. A better article by l33t.g33k · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here everybody, this one has much more info: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/26/nasa.computers.re ut/

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  4. A better Article by Reddragon220 · · Score: 1, Informative

    The BBC has a much better article that goes into the incident in detail: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6918490.stm
    The damage was done by a (currently) unidentified sub-contractor on a non-essential computer intended to collect and moniter data from sensors that detect the vibrations and forces on the space station's external trusses.

  5. Re:Was is really sabotage? by Nyeerrmm · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_re_us/sp ace_sabotage
    According to that article the work also got the backup/ground test model (not sure what is, just that it wasn't flight hardware). Definitely not an accident

  6. wiki news karma whoring by Strange+Ranger · · Score: 2, Informative

    Or follow the story here, complete with links to the source articles at Reuters, AP, etc.

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  7. a little more info by khallow · · Score: 2, Informative
    Just a little more info here, but apparently they have ruled out any connection to a labor strike that has dragged on since mid-June. A little information about what was sabotaged too:

    The computer is designed to retrieve data from strain gauges on the central truss of the space station. It was repaired and will be installed in the U.S. Destiny laboratory after it is delivered to the outpost by the Endeavour astronauts.
  8. Re:Our fine government employees by v1 · · Score: 3, Informative

    RTFA: The unidentified employee, who works for a NASA subcontractor, cut wires inside the computer that is supposed to be delivered to the international space station by Endeavour, officials said.

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  9. Other news: Fatal explosion at Mojave Airport by FleaPlus · · Score: 5, Informative

    Between the sabotage news, the drunk astronaut news, and the following, this is looking like a pretty bad day for spaceflight:

    http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&q=mojave+ex plosion&btnG=Search+News
    http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/07/26/

    According to local media reports, there has been a fatal explosion at a rocket test stand at Mojave Airport, home to a number of entrepreneurial space companies. Two people were killed and four people were injured. The company involved hasn't been identified; according to an amalgam of the sketchy reports available so far, it involved a nitrous oxide "flash explosion" on a test stand. ... According to KBAK-TV, the explosion took place at a Scaled Composites facility at the airport, but the TV station said they didn't know yet if any Scaled employees were among the casualties.

    1. Re:Other news: Fatal explosion at Mojave Airport by DynaSoar · · Score: 2, Informative

      It was Scaled Composites' facility. Rutan wasn't there.

      http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19983814/

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