Posted on 08/15/2021 7:04:21 AM PDT by Salman
The claims made by Russian media that NASA Astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor had a nervous breakdown and damaged a Russian spacecraft to get home are not credible, Kathy Lueders, who is leading NASA's human spaceflight program, said at a press conference on Friday.
Russia's TASS recently published a story, citing an unnamed source in the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, that claimed Aunon-Chancellor had an emotional breakdown in space and she made a microfracture in the Russian spacecraft to return early during a mission in 2018.
"Absolutely," Lueders said when asked whether NASA will defend its astronaut. "Our NASA crews perform their missions with professionalism and integrity. She [Aunon-Chancellor] is a well-respected crew member who has served her country and made a valuable contribution. I stand behind her and her professional conduct and I did not find this accusation credible."
Leuders is the Associate Administrator of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate.
Aunon-Chancellor travelled on Soyuz MS-09 in 2018 for a six-month mission to the ISS together with ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and Roscosmos commander Sergei Prokopyev.
NASA picks it’s people using Diversity nothing else
Why would you try to get home early by drilling while in the vehicle that you are supposed to be going home in?
“Hate to say it, but I’m buying the Russian story.”
I am also inclined to believe this story if only because it makes a really dumb story if the intent is to manufacture a lie to score political points.
And it makes perfect sense we would deny it if only for the sake of pc.
Hmmm, hyphenated chick...possibly.
Plus, one has a basic mistrust of women with hyphenated names. Like, make up your mind, chick.
Just curious, anyone got a picture?
I certainly considered them no less credible — and probably more credible — than NASA.
TASS * US PROPAGANDA MEDIA * FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Boy Howdy! Which one do you choose to believe. Any of the three say the sky is blue, I would have to have verification from at least two different spectrophotometers. Even then, I would have to dig out my old PMS book..
So what you're saying is that there isn't a single woman or a single minority as qualified or more qualified to be on the space station than a white guy?
The Russians are mad because we’re no longer having to pay them millions of dollars per seat for a ride to the space station.
“...US astronaut drilled hole in ISS...”
The Russians were eating cabbage again.
I can’t say I believe it but I don’t confidently trust our side of the story, either. We back so much emotional vomit nowadays (look at the Olympics and our military commercials) that it’s hard to discount this.
What if it was designed to cover a defect in the Russian hardware?
A couple of grades lower than the last Astronautette who went nuts, frankly and qualitatively speaking.
Let's ping for an expert opinion.
Whaddayathink, boss?
Hard to decide who’s lying, the Russkies or NASA.
So what you're saying is that there isn't a single woman or a single minority as qualified or more qualified to be on the space station than a white guy?Such people can make more money in private industry.
Yep. Russians have no concept of “diversity” and just pick the best for the mission
“So what you’re saying is that there isn’t a single woman or a single minority as qualified or more qualified to be on the space station than a white guy?”
Not poster, just responding:
Hmmmmmmmm, boy, you got me there. No, well maybe, well yes. Probably.
They need not be single, just the BEST for the job!
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