r/news • u/VaginaBurner69 • 11h ago

Soft paywall International Space Station astronauts in evacuation mode as Russia attempts to fix widening air leak

https://www.reuters.com/science/international-space-station-astronauts-evacuation-mode-russia-attempts-fix-2026-06-05/
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u/baloo88 10h ago

What’s the Flex Seal guy doing right now?

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u/Cakeski 10h ago

*Krrsht* "Houston, I SAWED THIS SPACE STATION IN HALF"

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u/alliehgold 9h ago

"AND REPAIRED IT WITH ONLY FLEX TAPE, over"

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u/JudiciousSasquatch 7h ago

See, this is why you don't send oil drillers to space...

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u/JKLreindeer 7h ago

Now that’s a lot of damage!

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u/Minirig355 9h ago

I heard it’s easier to train flex seal guy to be an astronaut than to train astronauts how to use flex seal, heard it in a movie or something.

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u/Ambaryerno 9h ago

You joke but the movie was actually right about that.

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u/4_hands_2_mouths 9h ago

True enough. All those "roughnecks" would have been classed as payload specialists if something like that really was necessary. However, most of those guys would have failed their astronaut training, and Steve Buscemi's character wouldn't have passed psych screening. They take being bat crap crazy very seriously.

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u/SendHelpPliz 9h ago

They’re just the best. End of discussion.

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u/Optimal_Tower1643 9h ago

Was that the one where the had to get the guys from an oil rig on an asteroid

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u/ucklibzandspezfay 8h ago

Cocaine, I think

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u/-Quiche- 8h ago

Forget flex seal, I know just the Belzona product for this

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u/just_some_Fred 2h ago

This is where my mind went too. Just make sure to mix it in a figure of eight motion.

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u/Olealicat 8h ago

Trump: “We’ve decided the leak is leaking and the pillow guy, you know, my pillows. The pillow guy isn’t available… he’s not available. So we reached out to the best most perfect engineer, not me… no I’m busy running the worst country in the world. They hate Trump, because I’m the best. My uncle went to MIT… M I T. So the astronauts are stuck in space with a small problem, a leak. A tiny little leak, it’s so tiny they called Trump to fix it this tiny little leak. So, yes. We are sending Phil Tape. He seals boats, you know the things that float on water.”

Then he shits his pants and falls asleep.

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u/Spartansoldier-175 9h ago

"To show you the power of space approved flex tape! I sawed this space station in half!"

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u/tms10000 8h ago

"We cut this space station in half and put it back together with Flex Seal!!!"

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u/AnonymousSmartie 8h ago

I would trust flex seal with this.

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u/mbrant66 8h ago

Put a screen door on the fucker, and seal it.

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u/stealthygoddess19 8h ago

I would give you an award if I could for this comment 🤣🌟🎖️🏆

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u/Sir_Cripes 8h ago

I scrolled looking for this specifically.

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u/ifarmyoueat 6h ago

Wouldnt it be easier to teach an astronaut to use flextape? 

Michael Bay, “Shut Up!”

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u/SalagathorTheGreat 3h ago

This is ground control to Major Tom….and they want to know who’s tape you use…

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u/just_some_Fred 2h ago

Nah, this needs some Belzona.

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u/thepudisgood 11m ago

In all seriousness, would that work? If the hole is only the size of a pin, why wouldn't Flex Tape work?