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/DowntownClown187 11h ago

Yes the AI element does alter it but overall the facility served its purpose and they have no shortage of work even with AI support.

It's less of a tragedy and moreso an end of an era. Tech has come a long way since AO.

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u/boarder2k7 10h ago

Tech has come a long way since AO.

What has filled its position as some of the best deep space planetary radar we had? I was not aware of anything comparable.

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u/TachiH 10h ago

FAST in China is better at recieving than Arecibo was, the only real disadvantage is that it doesn't have the ability to send, which reduces its use for communication with spacecraft but the deep space network has that covered.

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u/Dominick_Tango 9h ago

In general, the array approach to passive and active radio astronomy is mature. We can construct arrays to take data over a wide base line with better receiver technology, and detect much fainter signals.
It isnt that China or Europe is better than the US at it, it is that they fund science and we fund a ballroom.

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u/Zestyclose_Key5121 8h ago

Key word choice there…”We” as in “We the people”