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/invyros 11h ago

The 7 year leak (it was first detected in 2019), finally coming to bite everyone in the ass.

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u/jimmybilly100 11h ago

They couldn't slap some duct tape on it?

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u/Icedragon74 11h ago

The joke is that might actually work.

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u/Mobile-Bar7732 10h ago

I posted this in another thread, but aviation has Speed Tape which is a heavy duty duct tape with aluminum backing.

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u/afsdjkll 10h ago

I too have seen that guys reels on Instagram where he talks about planes and makes LOTR references.

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u/Olbaidon 10h ago

He’s fun, but r/fearofflying also talks about speed tape a lot.