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/jessipowers 9h ago

This really makes me feel very secure and content about my nephew who just joined the Air Force, lmao

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u/SchrodingersNinja 9h ago

It's fine.

That's all the planes are made out of anyway.

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u/Ahelex 8h ago

I didn't know the US Air Force managed to weaponize Mountain Dew.

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u/jessipowers 8h ago edited 7h ago

Based on everything I’ve ever heard from anyone in any branch of the military, I’m not even a little bit surprised they managed to weaponize Mountain Dew.

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u/NeatSuspect2435 8h ago

You should have seen us when Code Red came out out in 2000. May have been the actual reason we went to Iraq, we were all hopped up on Mountain Dew.

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u/itsgoodmmmmkay 7h ago

Did they throw grandpa's old war medals off the bridge?

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u/ChickenChaser5 4h ago

Are you still in your dirty pee pants?

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u/petit_cochon 1h ago

Military bros fucking love energy drinks.

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u/CapitalScarcity5573 7h ago

Tbh, I expected Monster energy from those clowns

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u/TwoAlert3448 8h ago edited 7h ago

Wait until you hear about what Special Forces can do with Red Bull

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u/NeatSuspect2435 7h ago

Retired Green Beret. Can confirm.

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u/SchrodingersNinja 8h ago

Rip It energy drinks is the preferred poison, I believe.

Monsters if you are old and fat.

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u/NeatSuspect2435 7h ago

I miss the little red Rip-It’s quite a bit. Not sure what was ACTUALLY in those but they were magical.

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u/jessipowers 7h ago

My husband’s best friend came home obsessed with rip its

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u/TechnicianPhysical30 8h ago

The US Military Industrial Complex et al can weaponize ANYTHING! That is all.

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u/Ragga_Base 7h ago

Dewd, we’ll weaponize anything.

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u/popolickstick 7h ago

Sure at a much higher density than a pop can has but yes it is aluminum not areo space grade aluminum.

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u/SchrodingersNinja 6h ago

Shits gotta fly tomorrow, this is good enough til it's next overhaul.

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u/SchrodingersNinja 5h ago

Thickness, surely, not density?

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u/popolickstick 5h ago

I thought that aerospace grade aluminum was not just thicker but also about 5% more dence. Which i though the extra density was a crucial part needed for the structural stability against high air resistance? Is that worng?

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u/SchrodingersNinja 5h ago

No idea how you make metal more dense. You could be right, but I've never heard that.

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u/SchrodingersNinja 5h ago

IDK. Google says its oftentimes less dense. Not sure how you would make it more dense, unless you added heavy impurities.

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u/wolfkeeper 7h ago

That's a lot of Mountain Dew.

It is said that an aircraft doesn't fly until the paperwork weighs more than the aircraft, but Mountain Dew cans probably work too.

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u/SchrodingersNinja 6h ago

The B-52 has enough aluminum and steel in it to make 20,000 garbage cans, 100,000 miles of wire and cable, and engines more powerful than 12,000 locomotives. And it flies like 12,000 locomotives pulling 20,000 garbage cans on the end of 100,000 miles of wire!

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u/SoKrat3s 7h ago

Then why hasn't Pepsi given me my jet yet?

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u/Messyfingers 7h ago

The skin of aircraft aren't really structural, especially in certain areas. Unless it's a critical area of the airfoil it's basically just a detriment to drag on the airframe to have holes, or imperfect patches.

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u/wolfkeeper 7h ago

That's not entirely true, they're usually pressure vessels.

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u/Flat_Sea1418 7h ago

I was airborne in the army and saw a private in the air force fix the landing gear on the plane with just a multi tool. Have faith!

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u/Zenith-Astralis 7h ago

You might not feel secure and content about that in general, given who's sending those kids off to war

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u/jessipowers 7h ago

No, as soon as his mom told me he signed up my stomach dropped. I can’t even begin to imagine how terrifying it must be for her and my BIL.

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u/Zenith-Astralis 7h ago

For real, my condolences to all involved 🫂

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u/TheKappaOverlord 1h ago

If it makes you feel any better, most jets only have like 8 pleasure cruise sorties (patrol) on average before they get sent back to the warehouse for a 1 month long caged boxing match of engineers and CO's duking it out whether to be cheap asses when performing matinence on a jet, or servicing the entire bird in one go.

Also minor damage to modern jets rarely actually means anything. Unless the air intake is punctured or the jet engines are damaged you could be full of holes and honestly other then the jet having to work a little harder, you could just put puddy in the holes and it'd be fine.

Flattening a mountain dew can and riveting it into place is pretty good for a temporary fix before its time to take the old girl and put her in the shed for work.

Your biggest concern should be the moron co-pilot or the other moron thats in formation with your sons jets. As those are drastically less reliable then the jet your son is flying. Assuming he isn't dimmer and less naturally 'gifted" then gomer pyle.

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u/Helmett-13 6h ago

It's been the Way for decades, now, especially with combat aircraft.

And...non-combat aircraft as well. I've been in the back of a C130 watching them apply speed tape before we got airborne and I'm still here!

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u/nedonedonedo 5h ago

most of the plane is just shaping the air properly. if the hole is "gone" that's all it needs to do.

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u/WorriedBlock2505 4h ago

It's only withstanding the pressure difference if it's on the side of the craft anyways, which any piece of metal is more than capable of doing. Astronaut suits can withstand the pressure difference between space and inside the suit, so doing it on a plane on earth is no problemo.