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ISS May Have A Leak
Rio writes "The International Space Station is experiencing a slow, steady drop in air pressure, and American and Russian flight controllers are investigating possible causes of the leak. The Local 6 News report says Mission Control notified astronaut Michael Foale and cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri about the leak just before their bedtime late Monday afternoon. Mission Control first noticed the drop in pressure Jan. 1 and said the data showed a daily decline of about 2 millimeters of mercury. As of Monday, the pressure had declined a total of nine millimeters. That is equivalent to about one-quarter of a pound per square inch, said NASA spokesman James Hartsfield."
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Two spoons, chalk, washing up bowl, rubber patch, glue.
This is payback from the Martians.
Well, either they'll find out what went bump last November, or everyone will die and we'll be subjected to another Tom Hanks space movie.
they have duct tape, right? If they don't they'll REALLY be in trouble.
Esoteric reference.
one small use for toothpaste...
just before their bedtime late Monday afternoon
Astronauts have a bedtime?!? Screw that, there's goes my plans for the future.
Just submerge it in water and look for the bubbles.
Or in this case space and look for the air.
Buzz: Homer, you broke the handle.
Race: With that hatch open, we'll burn up on re-entry! That's it: if I go, I'm taking you to hell with me.
Homer: Wait a minute, Race. Wait a minute...wait!
[breaks off a support rod]
Aha! Now I'll bust that pretty face of yours!
[tries to swing it, but it catches in the door]
Aw, stupid bar.
Buzz: Wait, Homer. If that bar holds, we just might make it back to earth.
Homer: Oh. [voice rising] I'll bash you good!
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Oh, and before you go to sleep, one last thing. You're running out of air. Pleasant dreams.
Mission Control notified astronaut Michael Foale and cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri about the leak just before their bedtime
How are they supposed to get a good night's sleep after they've just been told that their home is leaking oxygen?
The leak... does that suck or does that blow...?
Help save the critically endangered Blue Iguana
"Mission Control notified astronaut Michael Foale "
They have a leak and they bring in Mike Foale? Why do they need a motivational speaker? Or are things that bad. Further more what kind of rockets have we developed to get Cris Farley up there? Or did he go up by himself in a soyuz?
Pool on the roof must have a leak! ;-)
SETI finds something?
Would it be too much trouble to just light a match and see where the smoke goes? It worked on Stargate: SG1!
-- 'The' Lord and Master Bitman On High, Master Of All
Just light a cigarette, and follow where the smoke goes to figure out where the leak is.
Then, patch it with chewing gum, and have a beer (or shot of vodka) to celebrate the success.
They do allow cigarettes, gum, and alcohol on the ISS, don't they? Of course! All of the movie space stations do!
"Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives" should be a convenience store, not a government agency.
Mission Control first noticed the drop in pressure Jan. 1 and said the data showed a daily decline of about 2 millimeters of mercury.
Mission Control: "Well guys, we have some good news and some bad news. The good news is, you're having to deal with two fewer millimeters of mercury per day."
Astronauts: "That's good. Mercury's bad...right?" Mission Control: "Did we say mercury? We meant mercury as in 'air pressure'. G'nite!"
No comment.
Now they just need to figure out who is going to take the soapy water outside and apply it all of the seams to find the leak.
"I am highly trained Russian Astronaut! This is a very sophisticated piece of scientific equipment. Don't touch nothing!"
1) Noise detection equipment.
2) Take up smoking - use a modified bong to prevent excessive discharge of ash.
Anyone know the over/under of how long it'll be before MoveOn.org has a commercial blaming Bush for this?
Mission Control notified astronaut Michael Foale and cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri about the leak just before their bedtime
You know, Alexander, this may be our last night alive together..
Uh huh.
Well... There's been something I've been meaning to ask you...
Uhm... Ok?
I've noticed... When you're alone in the shower... Uh... You look so lonely...as the water slowly rolls down your back...cheeks glistening in the glow of the fluorescent light.
Get off me freak!
1000 times? they don't have to wait that long .25psi is 1/58th of an atmosphere, in 30 days they would be down to .5 atmospheres, which seems like it would be getting pretty dangerous to me.
My sig is blank, I typed this by hand.
Bruce Willis?
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Take a leak in the room where the air pressure is at the lowest, follow stream, apply duct tape at the spot where the fluids have left the room.
After that resume hanging out in weightlessness until the next problem.
It is official; Netcraft confirms: ISS is dying
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered ISS community when NASA confirmed that ISS atmosphere has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 95% percent of all atmospheres. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that ISS has lost more atmosphere , this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. ISS is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by falling dead last in the recent "Space Stations: What's hot and what's not".
You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict ISS's future. The hand writing is on the wall: ISS faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for ISS because ISS is dying. Things are looking very bad for ISS. As many of us are already aware, ISS continues to lose atmosphere.
All major surveys show that ISS has steadily declined in cool factor. ISS is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If ISS is to survive at all it will be among russian dilettante dabblers. ISS continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, ISS is dead.
Fact: ISS is dying
Just cut the air vents for a couple of hours, chuck some M&M's in the air and see where they go. Then just slap some silicon adhesive in there.. it'll hold
Smeghead every day of the week.
Spray the inside of it with fix-a-flat and spin it around.
He who knows not and knows he knows not is a wise man. He who knows not and knows not he knows not is a fool.
a bit of ice might accumulate outside around the hole
You mean like my ex-wife?
Until the leak is found and resolved, all the astronauts need to keep the air pressure up is eat some beans...
Those who can, do. Those who can't, consult.
This looks like a job for:
Bicycle Repairman!
You work for NASA, right?
Ugh... three different units of measurement for the same thing in one sentence. Does anyone know the SI units for confusion?
Would it be bad news if instead something finds SETI?
That depends on whether that something has developed ray guns.
I know the sure fire way to send me off to sweet dreams is to sing me a lulliby about how when I wake up in the morning, I might not because all the air is gone.
"Sleep tight guys. Remember, breathe shallow. I'll have my kids say an extra Lord's Prayer for ya. Hey, maybe Tom Hanks and Sean Connery will play you guys in the movie."
I.E. would you see a small stream of gas? As far as I remember from my physics classes, the gas they use in the ISS for life support (commonly referred to as "air") is transparent.
Does anyone know the SI units for confusion?
You mean information entropy? Bits?
If there's one thing my hollywood education has taught me its that Dr. Pepper is the best way to find a leak in a space station/vehicle.
Somebody crack open a can and be ready for some slow motion.
Thank you Red Planet...or Mission to Mars...or whatever the hell that movie was.
No datacenter is secure if it has windows.
Didn't NASA learn anything from losing the Mars Climate Orbiter?
"Houston, pressure is down again, we've lost three hogsheads of air in the last lunar month."
"Sorry, ISS, can you translate that into firkins per square thread?"
GCHQ Quantum Insert installed. If only our tongues were made of glass, how much more careful we would be when we speak
Unfortunately, he's only got 10 fingers...
That's funny, I have 1010 fingers.
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