Russian Vehicle Delivers Spacesuit Repair Kit To ISS

A Russian spacecraft has successfully delivered new supplies to the ISS. Crucially, its payload is meant to prevent a repeat of the aborted spacewalk of earlier this month. Says the article:: "The cargo ship is loaded with nearly 3 tons (2.7 tonnes) of food, fuel, hardware and science experiment equipment for the six-person crew of the station's Expedition 36 mission. Among its cargo is a set of tools intended to help the astronauts investigate and patch up the spacesuit that malfunctioned during a July 16 spacewalk outside the orbiting laboratory."

Comments

Re:nearly 3 tons - so?

[ThreeKelvin]

If we're talking metric tons, then they're a measure of mass, not weight. Mass and inertia of an object doesn't go away just because it's in a weightless environment.

Re:Spacesuit repair kit?

[Hognoxious]

Really, all this talk of how primitive the Russians are. Give them some credit.

Half of the kit is a roll of clingfilm; you smooth it onto the suit and watch for the bubble forming.

The other half is a roll of duct tape.