Progress MS-04: launch failure

[Hum]

primitive Earth people

[DocM]

Not unexpected....

 

http://tass.ru/kosmos/3958646

 

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MOSCOW, January 20. / TASS /. General Director of the Voronezh Mechanical Plant (VMZ), which produces engines for the third stage for the rocket "Soyuz", tendered his resignation at his own request, the press service of the Russian Space Agency.

 

The cause of the accident "Progress" could be debris in the engine and workmanship

VSW produces, in particular, the third stage engines 11D55 (RD-0110), one of which was the cause of the accident at the start of the truck "Progress MS-04" in December.

"General Director of VMP Koptev Ivan tendered his resignation at his own request due to the poor performance and the quality of the products Acting General Director of VMP appointed Alexei Uvarov, who was previously the post of deputy director of the company for the production.", - Said in a statement.

Today, the general director of the Russian Space Agency, Igor Komarov had VSW working meeting with the heads of the missile and space industry on improving product quality. "According to the results of a number of decisions aimed at improving the quality of space technology at VSW The meeting resulted in a plan and gave instructions to increase control of manufacturing processes and product quality.", - Stated in a release.

 

[Blue-Vision]

Someone had to be the scapegoat, I guess. Poopy rolls uphill in Rosiya too, eh? 

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46 minutes ago, Unobscured Vision said:

Someone had to be the scapegoat, I guess. Poopy rolls uphill in Rosiya too, eh? 

No scapegoat  here...Igor Komarov (from what I have read) does not play games. You mess up...you are gone and the position is filled with consequences known. He knows how to run a business and it takes time to get thinsg in order. All will be well in the end.