Derek Lyons wrote:
That's the situation in a nutshell. The cannisters are not fixed, nor
are the causes of the fire known.

1- Why would you think that they could be fixed in the first place ?
It is a chemical reaction that generates O2 and HEAT.

2- Ever considered the possibility that there might be absolutely nothing
wrong with the design of the canisters and that it was just a quality
control/manufacturing defect ? (or as initialy reported, just used canisters
that were too old). ?

In the later case, it is *possible* that Russia has already tackled the cause
with better process control on the ground and NASA not seeing any design changes.

Remember that the Mir fire accident happened during a time when Russia was far
more secretive than it is now, and it is likely we just won't know for a very
long time.

The one question to be asked is whether the mounting brackets on Alpha have
been positioned so that should the same accident happen again, the flames
would not burn critical items.