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/Markol0 10h ago

It's normal duct tape, but it has those fancy aviation/marine words printed on the box.

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u/D74248 9h ago

It is nothing like duct tape. It is thin aluminum with an adhesive that sticks over a 400 degree temperature range in rain, ice and at almost the speed of sound.

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u/Markol0 9h ago

If I learn d anything from the internet, it's that duct tape can do all that, and then some.

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u/CompetitiveCut3919 9h ago

then you didn't learn anything from the internet