Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvTN7DH23M4
(need to advance past music).

It isn't just Nasa rep, but also Sergey Krikalev who aparently no has
top job at Roskosmos. (Krikalev was on Expedition 1).

Damage to radiator panel caused leak, but the imagery show direction of
damage is not compatible with micro meteorite hit.


If I heard right, when asked what happens if crew need to use lifeboats
today, Krikalev said that the station is now the safe haven for the crew assigned to the Soyuz.


Decision on what to do with Soyuz not yet made.

Habitable space currently cooled with chilled air ducts from ISS, but if
they undock, there is no cooling available. Need to evaluate if using spacecraft without cooling loop is possible and how hot it would get.

MS-23, if needed, might be launched 2-3 weeks earlier. Was scheduled for
March , could be launched late February. In such a case, the current
broken Soyuz would be de-orbited remotely and data collected to monitor performance to learn if such occurance is survivable. (for next time).

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