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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| I wonder what the dude did to get kicked out of the space program |
....Spying! |
That's the way I read it, too. He was told to gather information, and he did. But he got caught. I feel a little sorry for the guy because he was just following the orders of his seniors.
From the Chosun Ilbo:
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in a briefing at the Gwacheon Government Complex on Monday said the ministry decided to make the switch at the request of the Russian Space Agency. A spokesman said Seoul has told Moscow of its decision. �The main reason for the change is based on two consecutive violations of training protocol by Ko,� he added.
According to the ministry, Russian authorities found Ko in breach in September and February. On one occasion Ko sent a mission training manual to Korea with his personal belongings. Russian authorities reportedly asked Korea to replace Ko on grounds that the slightest violation of rules in space can have disastrous consequences...
Observers speculate that Ko, as the first Korean to get this close to a space mission, was asked by authorities back home to gather information about astronaut training. According to the ministry, Ko sent the manual home by accident...
Then late last month, the Russians discovered that he had borrowed a spacecraft pilot's rulebook, which had nothing to do with his mission, from a Russian cosmonaut.
The ministry says he did it �because of his personal desire to study more.� These �minor mistakes� resulted in his replacement, because Russian authorities judged that similar mistakes might lead to a bigger disaster if they happened in space."
But some experts suspect the government encouraged Ko to gather information. "From the beginning, the authorities have stressed the need to secure information for their independent development of manned space flight, even though the astronaut training course is not unlike a general space tourism program in terms of the amount of money or technological details involved,� a space expert said. �This looks like the result of a formal or informal request for as much information as possible."
This was not the first time South Korea has caused security problems in its joint space development efforts with Russia. At first, Russia agreed with South Korea to jointly develop a liquid-propellant rocket engine, a key component for KSLV-I, a South Korean-made projectile that will be launched from Naro Space Center late this year. But Russia refused to transfer the technology for reasons of security regulations in the technological protection agreement.
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200803/200803110009.html |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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Great. Spy on the Russian space program, ship the info back to SK, pro-NK SK gov't officials will give it NK, and then we'll have KJI (or his pimply-faced son) within a decade flying around in space shooting who-knows-what at people.
(Doubtful, but I'm with the Russians on this one.) |
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R. S. Refugee
Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Location: Shangra La, ROK
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| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:17 am Post subject: |
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| TexasPete wrote: |
| This is pretty sweet. I wonder what the dude did to get kicked out of the space program. |
He insisted on taking a large supply of soju.  
That and the spitting. |
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nicholas_chiasson
Joined: 14 Jun 2007
Location: Samcheok
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| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:20 am Post subject: |
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| -So the first guy was a korean spy. The Russian are giving the koreans a second chance? Oh man, talk about losing the cold war. |
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PEIGUY
Joined: 28 Mar 2004
Location: Omokgyo
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| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
Then late last month, the Russians discovered that he had borrowed a spacecraft pilot's rulebook, which had nothing to do with his mission, from a Russian cosmonaut.
The ministry says he did it �because of his personal desire to study more.� These �minor mistakes� resulted in his replacement, because Russian authorities judged that similar mistakes might lead to a bigger disaster if they happened in space."
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Wouldn't the spacecraft's rulebook be in Russian? I'm just pondering that.. I would exactly call them minor mistakes  |
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