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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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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?
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!"
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!
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
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.
Yes indeed. They need to behave in a way closer to how they do it in Sci-Fi, like Star Trek:
1. Problem is discovered
2. Noone on earth can possibly come up with any helpful ideas to rectify the situation
3. A senior officer, remembering lessons learnt from camping trips with his/her/it's dad, pulls some totally unrealistic and inappropriate solution out of their arse
4. The captain agrees with the plan, it is set in motion and by ignoring numerous breaches in the laws of physics, the damn plan works.
Problem solved, plus as an added bonus you become a "ISS Hacker" and can put a glider on the bottom of your homepage.
Cheers
Stor
"Yeah well there's a lot of stuff that should be, but isn't"
Ugh... three different units of measurement for the same thing in one sentence. Does anyone know the SI units for confusion?
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.
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