NOT OUR FAULT, MIR BOSS SAYS NEITHER ARE WE HEROES, COSMONAUT SAYS AFTER RETURN TO MOTHER EARTH.(News/National/International) From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: August 15, 1997 | COPYRIGHT 1997 Rocky Mountain News. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Adam Tanner Reuter

ABOARD THE COSMONAUT RECOVERY PLANE -- Vasily Tsibliyev, commander of the Mir space station, said Thursday that he and his flight engineer should not be made scapegoats for the aging craft's problems.

But the Russian cosmonaut said, after landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan with flight engineer Alexander Lazutkin, that they were not heroes for saving the ship.

``It's very easy to find someone to shoot: Pop, pop, and he's...

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