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"The US government is committed to fully participating in the

Oct. 8, 2018 by Kimberly Parks

"The US government is committed to fully participating in the mission of sending astronauts to the International Space Station, and, to the best of our knowledge, is the only country that has not done so in the past. We are fully committed to supporting this mission and that's why we have prepared a new statement. We will hold a special inter-agency meeting at 1 p.m. (local time)."

"The United States Government is committed to providing a comprehensive, high-risk and safe space program in return for the development of a human cargo capsule to be flown into space."

Russian astronauts do not believe the hole was a manufacturing defect, as Roscosmos has repeatedly claimed. There are also no signs that this was an accident. The Soyuz rocket was launched back into space on Thursday, December 22, 2010, after it had been damaged by an unknown force when the Falcon 9 rocket was diverted and exploded.

The official statement from the Russian space agency stated that the Soyuz capsule was not being diverted to ISS because of a manufacturing defect. The Soyuz rocket was diverted to the International Space Station in March of 2012, and the Soyuz crew was sent to the ISS in August of 2013.

While the Soyuz system is operated by a commercial company called Orbital ATK, it is not in a commercial orbit. If it were, NASA would know what the problems were with the craft.

NASA has been working with Commercial Crew International (CCI) the US company that is contracted by SpaceX to deliver humans to the International Space Station.