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Chemical Leak on ISS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the damn-the-torpedoes-full-speed-ahead dept.

Random Utinni writes "It looks like the Russian Elektron system on the ISS may be causing problems again. Today the crew discovered potassium hydroxide leaking into the space station. This comes right after delivery of new ISS components and right before the arrival of a new crew and first female space tourist."

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  1. lady on board! by Magic+Fingers · · Score: 1, Troll

    Offcourse what can you expect when you've a lady on board.

  2. What is this, the 1950s? by Schraegstrichpunkt · · Score: 0, Troll
    This comes right after delivery of new ISS components and right before the arrival of a new crew and first female space tourist.

    News flash: In 2006, in the western world, except when it comes to physical activity, being a woman while X is not notable unless X is notable by itself. Being the "first female space tourist" is not a "first" that anyone should care about. Being one of the first few space tourists is. Being behind the Ansari X-Prize is. Being a woman is not.

    Anyway, the post is wrong. Ansari isn't the first female space tourist, Laika, was, or perhaps some American fruit flies were.

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