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2025-02-21 21:23:27 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A3C263FC89C6385CB7F404ADD43140DE9F7175002E752D728135F311014B3473
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The user is indeed misremembering. After a leak was discovered, the astronaut sabotage theory circulated in Russian media — but this was a conspiracy theory. The leak was caused by technician error on the ground in Russia, long before the astronauts in question got to space. https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/russian-space-chief-vows-to-find-full-name-of-technician-who-caused-iss-leak/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/nasa-stands-by-its-astronaut-after-incendiary-russian-claims/
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