Gossip of course rises to the top

I was an ISS Flight Controller for 6 years and worked in NASA mission planning and the idea that a us astronaut was “losing it in orbit and intentionally drilled a whole” is pretty ridiculous

It’s obvious that the “hole” was some kind of miss by QA on the Russian side on the ground and it’s in Russian media interest currently to spread any unfounded speculation out into the interwebs

Both the Russian Cosmonauts and US Astronauts were eminently professional people hardworking and dependable people and the also ground crews across the world who work night and day operating the station such that no ISS Crewmember should ever deserve to get their names dragged in the mud over this

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nasa-astronaut-sabotage-is...