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    In new audit, NASA says its spacesuit contractor Collins' performance has been exceptionally poor on spacesuit maintenance and cites several instances in which astronaut lives were put seriously at risk during Extravehicular Activity, increasing the risk to maintaining NASA’s spacewalking capability
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    In new audit, NASA says its spacesuit contractor Collins’ performance has been exceptionally poor on spacesuit maintenance and cites several instances in which astronaut lives were put seriously at risk during Extravehicular Activity, increasing the risk to maintaining NASA’s spacewalking capability

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    1. Syzygy-6174 on

      This is ridiculous. It is unacceptable. Women in the 60’s were hand sewing the spacesuits that the astronauts were wearing when walking on the moon. How is it in today’s automated environment, that they cannot produce at least equally quality spacesuits?

    2. monchota on

      Get rid of them, WE NEED TO STOP FALLING FOR THE FALLACY. That we have to use the same contractor. It doesn’t matter if they did it for 60 years, if they fail and cannot keep up. We go with, we wasted billions on Artemis when obviously better options existed. Boeing Norththrop and ULA need to be dumped from Aerospace and have to reapply with all contracts.

    3. commandrix on

      Maybe NASA should reopen the bidding for new EVA suits to anyone who thinks they can do better? Obviously they need an update anyway. I’d rather not hear that an astronaut died because a spacesuit failed due to a problem that should have been fixable.

    4. eldred2 on

      And….absolutely no one will be held responsible or even lose their job, except maybe a whistle blower.