In article <5gqGa.11477$rb4.987513@twister.austin.rr.com>, James Oberg <jamesoberg@houston.rr.com>
wrote:
> 
> Star-Crossed Orbits, McGraw-Hill (2002), by JimO:
> pp. 121-124

Most interesting -- thanks!
 
> A week later, at a routine shuttle/Mir press conference, Frank Culbertson
> was asked whether Progress could have hit something else, other than just
> Spektr: "Well, that was pretty clear shortly after the accident when we
> first saw the video together," he admitted immediately. "I think everybody
> could see that there potentially were places where it had some type of
> contact that slowed down the rotation. The Russians also announced shortly
> afterwards that they suspected it might be the case." The video he was
> referring to, taken from a camera on the approaching supply ship, was not
> available to the public. According to NASA spokesman Rob Navias, it had been
> impounded "pending completion of the accident investigation" and I wasn't
> allowed to see it.

Was this ever (eventually) released, assuming the investigation has now
long since been completed, considering Mir is now in pieces on Earth? :) 

Just curious - would have been interesting to see and appreciate firsthand
the source of the grave concerns mentioned in the interesting article
written on it.

-Dan