As of 11 minutes ago, the headline is now the opposite of that submitted:
> Astronauts told to return to International Space Station after sheltering over air leak repairs.
ordutoday at 4:20 PM
Can't they just get things out of the module and paint it fresh? Maybe with some special paint, or with several layers of a paint?
Obviously they can't, it looks like an obvious solution they couldn't have missed. But I wonder why it is impossible to do.
gwbas1ctoday at 3:35 PM
Maybe someone who knows more about the ISS than I do can answer this:
Naively, I would assume that there are airlocks between the different sections of the ISS. I would also assume that they would close these airlocks while doing the kind of work they are doing to repair the leaks.
So, assuming I'm right (and my assumptions might be wrong,) why do the astronauts need to shelter?
varjagtoday at 4:49 PM
Nasa said the segment had suffered from cracks and leaks
I expected better from the BBC.
BobbyTables2today at 4:55 PM
They should keep some FlexSeal up there !
dotdev_premtoday at 5:06 PM
How the air leaks there, from whom side is the problem is, from astronauts side's or the company's?
cucumber3732842today at 3:06 PM
Super thin margin stuff like space flight only "works" because they cross their Ts and dot their Is. There's probably no danger here, the repairs will probably go fine and be uneventful, but you gotta treat every situation like it's the real deal because otherwise it'll get you when it does happen.
Magi604today at 4:39 PM
Is this another potential OceanGate scenario (SpaceGate?), where one day the ISS just blasts apart suddenly and without warning and the occupants are ejected into the vacuum of space?
ck2today at 4:24 PM
Do they have things like Oxygen Candles or can those not be used in space?
Markofftoday at 3:15 PM
it was already cancelled and they can return back to normal operations
SoftTalkertoday at 3:29 PM
Imagine something like this happening halfway to Mars and zero chance of escaping, getting any help or parts sent to you.
is this a play for the space x ipo? we need a new iss?
jmounttoday at 3:12 PM
I have to say worrying about the provenance of writing has made me a grumpier reader.
For example: "The space station is made up of Russian and US segments, and there are modules from the European and Japanese space agencies too." It feels like this sentence is inserting some points, but is lacking in authorial intent. Is the intent to say the station is largely Russian and US, or to say the station has more than two partners? Probably an okay sentence, but still feels like a stone in the shoe.
kaicianflonetoday at 3:45 PM
I don’t have a dog in the fight but it’s super scary to think about for the astronauts and their families. This issue’s been going on for a while now. Surprised that there’s not more AI or robotics that could be utilized for such cases.
Rumors are that Elon gets spaceX to buy tesla so tele-operated Optimus robots do the hard space work from now on. Not a bad idea per se but I’m not educated on the topic. Curiosity has me asking if we really want humans to go to mars or in space at all.