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Small Leak Discovered on Russian Side of International Space Station, NASA Says (go.com)

Posted by msmash on from the meanwhile-in-space dept.

A small pressure leak was discovered on the International Space Station, according to NASA. From a report: Flight controllers at mission control centers in Houston and Moscow began seeing signs of the leak Wednesday night when the six-member crew aboard the orbital outpost were asleep. Flight controllers monitored the situation until the crew awakened at their normal time Thursday morning "since they were in no danger," NASA said in a media release. Crew members then conducted "extensive checks" to determine the location of the leak, which appears to be on the Russian side of the space station. They initially slowed the leak with Kapton tape and are working on a more comprehensive repair, according to NASA. "Program officials and flight controllers are continuing to monitor the situation as the crew works through its troubleshooting procedures," NASA said.

109 comments

  1. Finally by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I knew you people were wrong about Russian leaks. Look, here's proof!!!

    1. Re:Finally by ChrisBachmann · · Score: 1

      Very metaphorical indeed.

    2. Re:Finally by Oswald+McWeany · · Score: 1

      I knew you people were wrong about Russian leaks. Look, here's proof!!!

      When life gives you Russian leeks, buy some potatoes and make leek and potato soup.

      --
      "That's the way to do it" - Punch
    3. Re: Finally by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And Moscow Donald just loves it when people take leakes ("showers" if you will) on him.

  2. Working on a more comprehensive repair by olsmeister · · Score: 4, Funny

    They initially slowed the leak with Kapton tape and are working on a more comprehensive repair, according to NASA

    1. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by skovnymfe · · Score: 1

      That'll no doubt work well in zero-G.

    2. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by Mr+D+from+63 · · Score: 3, Funny

      There may be more leaks. Someone needs to go outside and brush soapy water over the whole station.

    3. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by Gabest · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sound like a real job for FLEX TAPE.

    4. Re: Working on a more comprehensive repair by Miamicanes · · Score: 2

      Proof that most of life's problems can be solved with duct tape or WD-40.

      https://thursdayagain.wordpres...

    5. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by srmalloy · · Score: 1

      They initially slowed the leak with Kapton tape and are working on a more comprehensive repair, according to NASA

      Time to break out the box of bubblegum user-applied flexible sealant material and cover the fracture.

      More seriously, if there's a crack, a fuller repair would likely involve evacuating the segment, then drilling a small hole at each end of the fracture to keep it from propagating before injecting a flexible resin sealant.

    6. Re: Working on a more comprehensive repair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      JB Weld.

      Done! Move on

    7. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I hear there's this new physical phenomenon they've discovered last week - capillary action.

    8. Re: Working on a more comprehensive repair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      > Proof that most of life's problems can be solved with duct tape or WD-40.

      Or as the Russians call it, "Ductski tape-ovich."

    9. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by SWPadnos · · Score: 2

      Or light a torch inside and see which way the smoke goes.

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      - The Sigless Wonder
    10. Re: Working on a more comprehensive repair by cavreader · · Score: 3, Funny

      If duct tape doesn't fix your problem then you are not using enough duct tape.

    11. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 3, Interesting

      A leak should, by applying a minute thrust to the station, cause it to spin. Observe the degree of spin carefully to determine the location of the leak. Reaction wheels or thruster self-corrrects would have to be turned off while this test is in progress.

    12. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 2

      Spotted the Safelite Auto Glass rep!

    13. Re: Working on a more comprehensive repair by pr0fessor · · Score: 5, Funny

      When I was in college I JB welded a quarter to the sidewalk and watched people try to pick it up and kick it loose for weeks until one day it was gone along with a chunk of concrete.

    14. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Is not leak. Is... ehhhhh... thruster! See? Plug hole when done with thruster. All good, da?

    15. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by Joce640k · · Score: 1

      How does that tell you which end the leak is at? Or how big it is?

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    16. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Submerge the station in a bucket of water and look for air bubbles. Easy.

    17. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 1

      You would be amazed at what NASA can figure out from small measures of thrust.

    18. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 1

      I assume you're being sarcastic, but what makes you think it wouldn't work well in zero G?

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    19. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Or one may observe the action of reaction wheels or thrusters instead to the same effect as observing station spinning.

    20. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Is simple, plug hole with so tiny potato. Americans will had many such tiny potato. Is good nyet? Then is time for celebrate drinking with Americans.

    21. Re: Working on a more comprehensive repair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      They can't triangulate with just one station.

      X-y=z

      X=1
      Solve for Z in terms of real numbers.
      No Y allowed.

    22. Re: Working on a more comprehensive repair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I was a "sucker" for this once. Was walking out of the head shop and saw a quarter on the sidewalk. Tried to pick it up and sure as hell was glued down. Looked back inside to see the clerk laughing. So I went to my car; got out my BFS (Screwdriver) and pried it up. Turned and laughed at the clerk. Started buying my rolling papers at another head shop after that.

    23. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 1

      There may be more leaks. Someone needs to go outside and brush soapy water over the whole station.

      Well played sir! Love it.

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      The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
    24. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 1

      You would be amazed at what NASA can figure out from small measures of thrust.

      That's what the wife always says.

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      The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
    25. Re: Working on a more comprehensive repair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If duct tape doesn't fix your problem then you are not using enough duct tape.

      It is truly The Handyman's Secret Weapon.

    26. Re: Working on a more comprehensive repair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Duct tape is also known as Jesus tape: it saves, even on a space station.

    27. Re: Working on a more comprehensive repair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If duct tape doesn't fix your problem then you are not using enough duct tape.

      Perhaps you didn't have a "it was moving" problem to begin with? Try using a hammer!

    28. Re: Working on a more comprehensive repair by ClickOnThis · · Score: 1

      It's like The Force: it has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the Universe together.

      [an old joke; don't remember where it comes from]

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      If it weren't for deadlines, nothing would be late.
    29. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by skovnymfe · · Score: 1

      Sticky goop flying everywhere in a confined space? How could it possibly not go wrong? Suppose you get it in your lungs?

    30. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Flying everywhere? Do you know how Newtonian physics work?
      When the 'goop' is released from the can it has been accelerated by the pressure of the gasses in the can and follows that trajectory until an external force acts upon it. On earth one of those forces would be gravity or perhaps wind. Where gravity is negligibly low a force and when the outside is a vacuum and therefore you won't have wind blowing the stuff back into your face, there's only one significant force left - that of hitting a wall, where action equals reaction. The kinetic energy in the particles will be converted into kinetic action, deforming the liquid. Depending on properties like surface tension and viscosity it may bounds off the wall or stick to it. Eventually it will stick to something. And if you're really concerned about this use something like a plastic dome that covers the entire area, spray through a very narrow opening and wait until things have settled.

      Ever brushed your teeth in front of a mirror and got some toothpaste splatter onto the mirror? Maybe not, maybe you're a really tidy person who doesn't cause such a mess. But it happens frequently enough for people to know that it will stick to the mirror and dry up there if you don't remove it. Does that stuff get into their lungs? Even if it does, do you think they can't possibly wear a mask? An acceleration of 1G gravity in downward direction doesn't seem to have much effect on it. How would ~0G acceleration in any direction change this?

      Here you have a nice video from a youtuber that also happens to have a nice Russian accent. Here you can observe the physics behind the motion of the spray. You'll also notice that he wears a mask https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

      Although this certainly was intended to be a joke I think in space there could be actual applications for such sprays. They could make a good enough stop gap solution for problems like leaks.

    31. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Good luck, Mr. Gorsky!

    32. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 1

      Good luck, Mr. Gorsky!

      spasibo!

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      The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
    33. Re: Working on a more comprehensive repair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The pressure from sunlight and aerodynamic drag on the station will dwarf the thrust from a leak this small.

  3. NASA Link to the story by mykepredko · · Score: 4, Informative

    https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacest...

    The link is in a Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft that docked with the ISS on June 6th and brought up Sergey Prokopyev, Alexander Gerst and Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor.

    I will be interested in hearing what the "more comprehensive long-term repair" will be as I presume the spacecraft will be returning to earth at some point with the astronauts and since the leak is located in a part of the spacecraft that does not return to Earth (I'm guessing it burns up in the atmosphere) then I can't imagine anything more than keeping the opening from propagating will be required.

    It will be interesting to hear what is the source of the leak - it is apparently 2mm in diameter and I'm wondering if this would be a meteorite or a piece of space debris.

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    1. Re:NASA Link to the story by arth1 · · Score: 2

      It will be interesting to hear what is the source of the leak - it is apparently 2mm in diameter and I'm wondering if this would be a meteorite or a piece of space debris.

      Interesting. To me, an earthling and not a spaceman, that seems like a rather large hole given the pressure differentials. I'm surprised that it didn't lead to an immediate alert - how would they know it was a hole that would stay a hole, and not say a crack that could suddenly widen? I'm sure they know what they're doing, quite well, but I'd like to read more about this and how they reached the conclusion that it was safe to let them sleep.

    2. Re:NASA Link to the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It will be interesting to hear what is the source of the leak.

      It's Reality Winner, she's already pled guilty.

    3. Re:NASA Link to the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Been a LOOOOOOOONG time since I've done any advanced math but getting 388m^3 of air through a .001 radius hole would seem to take a long time, even at that pressure differential.

    4. Re:NASA Link to the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      A 2mm hole would leak about 0.001 m^2 of air a second, assuming that the air leaks at mach 1. So, certainly noticeable to detectors, but with the total volume of the ISS it's not that much, unless you let it run for hours and hours.

    5. Re:NASA Link to the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      From the article: (emphasis mine)

      The leak has been isolated to a hole about two millimeters in diameter in the orbital compartment, or upper section, of the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft attached to the Rassvet module of the Russian segment. This is a section of the Soyuz that does not return to Earth.

      So the problem won't be solved when the Soyuz spacecraft returns to Earth.

    6. Re:NASA Link to the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Thank you for the real link to NASA!

      Since the 2mm hole is on a permanent piece of the station a full inspection is definitely needed. Can't have a crack propagating off of that hole or holes. The blog history makes for an interesting read.

      One wonders if the Slashdot editors would have shared if the hole formed on the US side. I really hate how they are defaulting to shock journalism.

    7. Re:NASA Link to the story by MirthScout · · Score: 3, Informative

      The Soyuz has 3 sections: orbital module, descent module, and service module.
      After undocking the Soyuz will fire its engines to deorbit. Before re-entry, both the orbital module and service module will be jettisoned and will burn up on re-entry. The descent module survives re-entry and parachutes to a landing.

      The orbital module and descent module are both pressurised. The article's wording might be considered to be wrong since it could be argued that even the 2 modules that burn up actually return to earth. Based on the article and design of the Soyuz, they are implying the leak is on the orbital module.

      So, the problem will be solved when the Soyuz undocks.

    8. Re:NASA Link to the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Actually it will. None of the spacecraft remains with the station. That part of the craft will be sealed when they leave and the problem will be solved. It will then burn up on rentry while the crew capsule returns to the tundra for recovery.

    9. Re:NASA Link to the story by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 2

      It will be interesting to hear what is the source of the leak

      This would be literally another means of detecting: listen for a faint whistle.

    10. Re:NASA Link to the story by Luckyo · · Score: 1

      2mm is below the size being tracked right now afaik, and crack would be larger than object that hit in most cases, so some kind of a small piece of space debris sounds like a plausible hypothesis.

    11. Re:NASA Link to the story by Luckyo · · Score: 2

      More from the story:

      >Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin, the head of Russia's state space corporation, Roscosmos, said the issue was an air leak due to a tiny fracture on the Russian manned Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft, which docked at the International Space Station in early June.

      >"A micro-fracture was found. Most likely this is external damage. Designers believe this is the result of a micro-meteorite," Rogozin told reporters Thursday, according to state-run Russian news agency TASS. "The lives and the health of the crew members are not threatened and the spacecraft will most likely be preserved as a result of using a repair tool kit for localizing this leak."

      So they have specialized kit for this kind of repair work.

    12. Re:NASA Link to the story by arth1 · · Score: 1

      A 2mm hole would leak about 0.001 m^2 of air a second, assuming that the air leaks at mach 1. So, certainly noticeable to detectors, but with the total volume of the ISS it's not that much, unless you let it run for hours and hours.

      Read my post again. What I wondered about wasn't air loss through the hole, but how they would know it was a condition that would not suddenly worsen.

    13. Re:NASA Link to the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      This is what happens when someone doesn't read the sign "Caution, Do not nail personal photos to the walls, use tape".

    14. Re:NASA Link to the story by mysidia · · Score: 2

      So, the problem will be solved when the Soyuz undocks.

      Perhaps.... given the stakes involved; I wonder why (even while docked) the Soyuz pressurized environment wouldn't be kept ordinarily separated from the station's pressurized environment to minimize potential for a catastrophic leak from one craft affecting the entire station's, especially while they are sleeping on station...

    15. Re:NASA Link to the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Q: How big is the leak?
      A: About 1 cubic meter lost atmosphere per hour
      (some murmuring)
      Q: Are you telling us absolutely everything?
      A: No. We're also out of coffee.
      *panic ensues*

    16. Re:NASA Link to the story by Sooner+Boomer · · Score: 2

      It will be interesting to hear what is the source of the leak

      This would be literally another means of detecting: listen for a faint whistle.

      Small leaks like this typically cause an ulrasonic whistle, which is very directional. Easily detected with proper equipment.

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      Chaos maximizes locally around me.
    17. Re:NASA Link to the story by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 2

      And as every organist knows, the frequency would be a function of the hole size. If your detector hears a chord, it's bad news.

    18. Re:NASA Link to the story by Lando17 · · Score: 2

      Fracture mechanics. Pressure vessels are designed to "leak before break". By design, a small hole will not turn into a large fracture on ISS or any other modern spacecraft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    19. Re: NASA Link to the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      They serve the secondary purpose of acting as lifeboats in an emergency. It's for easier egress.

    20. Re: NASA Link to the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Ok, lets think this through. A major leak or other depressurization event happens on ISS, and you evacuate the station crew to the soyuz lifeboats only to find the hatches are sealed and the pressure differential too great to open them. Sorry, game over.

  4. Flex Seal Spray by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The need Flex Seal Spray.
    Why don't they have this space age spray sealant in space?
    I'm so confuse.

    1. Re: Flex Seal Spray by Miamicanes · · Score: 2

      Outgassing might be a concern. Even if not directly harmful, it could stink up the place for a REALLY long time.

  5. Hmmm. by msauve · · Score: 4, Funny

    Russian side, colluding with the US? Must be a Wikileak!

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    1. Re:Hmmm. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's a leak in the ISSssssssssssss...

  6. No biggie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They found a small leak in PopeRatzoâ(TM)s head, too, but still he posts and posts!

  7. Nonsense - send up the pros by mykepredko · · Score: 1

    These guys claim they can fix a leak in a creek: http://lewisandsonroofing-hsv....

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  8. Somehow, this comes to mind by OtisSnerd · · Score: 1

    "In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream"

    1. Re:Somehow, this comes to mind by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No, it's "In space no one can hear you fart".

    2. Re:Somehow, this comes to mind by GameboyRMH · · Score: 1

      But they can smell it..forever...

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      "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
  9. billy mays here for space seal!! by Joe_Dragon · · Score: 1

    billy mays here for space seal!!

  10. duct tape by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    duct tape never leave home without....

  11. its not duct tape but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    it may not be duct tape, but Im sure Red Green still approves!

  12. Don't worry by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 1

    Comrade Putin has already announced his plan to repair the station. At this very moment he is taking time away from his hiking vacation to find suitably-sized rocks - once he has a good one, he will throw it up to the station with such strength and accuracy that the rock will seal the leak!

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    1. Re:Don't worry by Nidi62 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Comrade Putin has already announced his plan to repair the station. At this very moment he is taking time away from his hiking vacation to find suitably-sized rocks - once he has a good one, he will throw it up to the station with such strength and accuracy that the rock will seal the leak!

      If Putin were to fix the leak, he would do it right. He'd be out there doing an EVA shirtless patching it himself.

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    2. Re:Don't worry by GameboyRMH · · Score: 2

      Let's be realistic, he can't do an EVA shirtless. He'd use a spacesuit with a transparent upper section.

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    3. Re:Don't worry by Nidi62 · · Score: 1

      Let's be realistic, he can't do an EVA shirtless. He'd use a spacesuit with a transparent upper section.

      It's Putin. If anyone can pull off a shirtless EVA, he would. Putin is the Chuck Norris of shirtlessness.

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    4. Re:Don't worry by esperto · · Score: 1

      and riding a giant tardigrage!

    5. Re:Don't worry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      with tiger stripes, created by the biological experiments on the station!

    6. Re:Don't worry by ClickOnThis · · Score: 2

      Let's be realistic, he can't do an EVA shirtless. He'd use a spacesuit with a transparent upper section.

      It's Putin. If anyone can pull off a shirtless EVA, he would. Putin is the Chuck Norris of shirtlessness.

      Putin would use Chuck Norris to plug the leak. And then the ISS would explode because it could not withstand the presence of his sheer awesomeness.

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  13. CALL MUELLER Quick to investigate by gDLL · · Score: 0

    quick get a special investigator to investigate these leaks !

  14. dejavu by micahraleigh · · Score: 1

    Did we jointly develop a space station with the guys who built Chernobyl in the name of diplomacy?

    Oops ... well, at least I didn't pay for it with my tax dollars. Oh, wait - !

    1. Re:dejavu by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Your Tax Dollars paid for Chernobyl too..

  15. How long... by Martin+S. · · Score: 2

    ... before Trump denies this Russian Leak?

    In the UK, Trump is slang for a noise fart, what yanks call passing gas. So many memic possibilities

    1. Re:How long... by ooloorie · · Score: 2

      In the UK, Trump is slang for a noise fart, what yanks call passing gas.

      And that perfectly characterizes what has become of that nation of scientists and philosophers: a nation of tabloid-obsessed geezers making fart jokes about foreign leaders.

    2. Re:How long... by sjames · · Score: 1

      Trump has been slang for a frt for a very long time. And the president is a living fart joke anyway.

    3. Re:How long... by ooloorie · · Score: 1

      Trump has been slang for a frt for a very long time. And the president is a living fart joke anyway.

      Well, your comment just says something about yourself.

    4. Re:How long... by sjames · · Score: 1

      That I have a sense of decorum, for example.

    5. Re:How long... by ooloorie · · Score: 1

      Yeah, and it also tells us just what your "sense of decorum" is.

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    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  17. Re:Self Healing Inner Layers? by Jason+Levine · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't even need to be strong enough to hold indefinitely. If it could be designed to seal the leak and trigger a warning, it could be properly repaired later on while keeping valuable air from leaking out.

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  18. Were you born in a barn? by Jamlad · · Score: 1

    C'mon guys! Who left the door open? Were you born in a barn? You're letting all the heat^H^H^H^Hoxygen out!

  19. It's just a golden shower by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 1

    Nothing to see here.

    In space, they can only hear you ....

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  20. Send in the SPACE FORCE!!! by Locke2005 · · Score: 2

    I'm sure Trump will fix the problem, we all know how much he hates LEAKS!

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  21. Re:Self Healing Inner Layers? by DigiShaman · · Score: 1

    If you have a grid / wire mesh embedded in the material with sensors attached to the leads, you might even be able to map its exact location on a computer monitor (X, Y coordinates)

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  22. Re:Self Healing Inner Layers? by GuB-42 · · Score: 1

    I suppose it is possible, but I also think that it isn't worth the weight, cost and complexity.
    A small leak like that doesn't look like a big deal, they didn't even wake the crew up.

    Fixing small problems like that is a good reason why there are humans on board. Humans are very versatile, especially when equipped with duct tape.

  23. They initially slowed the leak with Kapton tape by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    OMG - they fixed it with NASA's version of Duct tape.....

  24. Re:Self Healing Inner Layers? by iggymanz · · Score: 1

    oh you know a magic tire sealant that works in the temperature ranges the outside of the ISS encounters? that's about 130 deg C to -160 deg C by the way.

    There is no such magic material.

  25. Re:Self Healing Inner Layers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    All of that **** adds weight.

    Which is why we don't do them.

  26. Re:Self Healing Inner Layers? by sunking2 · · Score: 1

    That sounds really light and economical.

  27. Someone had to say it by dhaen · · Score: 2

    Shame there's not a Dutch astronaut aboard. You know, the kind with experience of putting their finger in dykes.

  28. RocketMan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I just keep hearing in my head Harlan Williams saying "It wasn't me."

  29. didn't wake them up? by bobmagicii · · Score: 1

    they didn't wake up the crew to fix it immediately because they were in no danger? are resources in space so infinite that you can just yolo leak with disregard? >_>

  30. HI, Phil Swift here... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    for FlexTape!

  31. who did say it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Why is it in the russian side if they didn't find the leak?

  32. Salyut 7 by AHuxley · · Score: 1

    Salyut 7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... and the Salyut-7 (2017) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6... movie.

    Russia will get it fixed.

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  33. detach, and give it back to russia by cheekyboy · · Score: 1

    A now since the russian segment is detached, we dont
    need any russians visiting the USA space station.

    Adios Comrade, how very convenient.

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  34. Re: Self Healing Inner Layers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Gee, its a good thing the iss is one single metal object that has no doors or seams or windows since those thing would require a magic sealant that doesn't exist.

  35. Re: Self Healing Inner Layers? by iggymanz · · Score: 1

    big difference between a gasket and a liquid sealant that would flow into a hole in the temperature extremes of space.

    god the level of technical ignorance in a supposed tech forum is astounding

  36. Hmmm by dcw3 · · Score: 1

    The image posted with the original article was clearly NOT a drilled hole. You can see it here. The image I see on some sites today is not the same hole.

    https://tecake.com/news/scienc...

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