Comments on: Russia delays three planned lunar probes because of sanctions https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-delays-three-planned-lunar-probes-because-of-sanctions/ Wed, 18 Jan 2023 00:51:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-delays-three-planned-lunar-probes-because-of-sanctions/#comment-1392869 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 00:51:06 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=91755#comment-1392869 I have seen the camera views. What I saw they were very blurry because the arm was at full extension and bouncing around, All I could see the coolant coming out around panels. No holes in the panels to even indicate an impact.

]]> By: Richard M https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-delays-three-planned-lunar-probes-because-of-sanctions/#comment-1392859 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 22:57:23 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=91755#comment-1392859 A new update on the Soyuz MS-22 hole via Eric Berger: “Here’s little bit more info on Soyuz MS-22 impact. The trajectory analysis very strongly points toward a micrometeorite rather than orbital debris (see below). Also, the Russians calculated impact velocity, and it was high enough to rule out orbital debris.” It’s not 100%, but the assessment is that it’s the high probability.

The source is Sam Treadgold, an engineer on NASA’s ISS and SLS Micro Meteoroid/Orbital Debris (MMOD) Team.

]]> By: Richard M https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-delays-three-planned-lunar-probes-because-of-sanctions/#comment-1392830 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 15:55:59 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=91755#comment-1392830 NASA got some very good close-up images of the hole via the camera on the Canadarm, and they have shifted to public endorsement of Roscosmos’s conclusion that it seems to be the result of MMOD (natural or artificial). And unlike their past problems…this time, an extrinsic cause is at least fairly *plausible*.

There is no way to be 100% sure unless we got the hardware back on the ground to examine, but that’s not going to happen. The service module can’t be recovered.

Going forward, though, this is going to underline the need to take MMOD protection of space vehicles very seriously – especially for crewed spacecraft.

]]> By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-delays-three-planned-lunar-probes-because-of-sanctions/#comment-1392667 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 03:07:09 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=91755#comment-1392667 Russia is eventually a third world country. They do not have a full and total economy to handle high tech projects.

I am starting to believe that the coolant leak was a material or mechanical failure and not an micro meteor. Do they have picts of the hole? or do we just have picts of the the coolant spraying out from behind a panel?

]]> By: Dick Eagleson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-delays-three-planned-lunar-probes-because-of-sanctions/#comment-1392585 Sun, 15 Jan 2023 23:30:46 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=91755#comment-1392585 The recently-imposed Western semiconductor embargo of the PRC also means the Russians can’t go to their “ally” for help.

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