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Space Junk Forced Astronauts Into ISS Escape Capsules

Posted by timothy on from the april-fools! dept.

According to a story from CNN, "A piece of a debris from a Russian Cosmos satellite passed close enough to the International Space Station on Saturday that its crew was ordered into escape capsules as a precaution, NASA said. The six crew members were told to take shelter late Friday in their Soyuz capsules after it was determined there was a small possibility the debris could hit the station, the U.S. space agency said in a statement." This isn't the first time it's happened, either. The escape capsules (actually, they're Soyuz spacecraft) must be nice to have on hand, but I'd hate to have to test their efficacy.

4 of 87 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Has the ISS become sentient yet? by jhoegl · · Score: 3, Funny

    Havent you learned anything from Movies yet?
    Macintosh saves the world.

  2. Re:And what if .... by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 4, Funny

    The debris hits the Soyuz and not the main station?

    If that happens, then the voice from Unreal Tournament comes on the station's PA and announces: "HEADSHOT!".

  3. Re:Awesome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Even so, if you'd pay attention, you'd notice outside the Soyuz there's a Space Indian looking at the debris and shedding a single tear. Littering has got stop.

  4. Re:Has the ISS become sentient yet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    They have thinkpads? For maximum safety they should have just got behind one of them.