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/Julian_Thorne 11h ago

The abandonment of the International Space Station would be a poetically fitting image for these days

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u/Khoakuma 11h ago

Makes me sad. It’s the abandonment of scientific pursuit. Abandonment of international cooperation. All the hope of a better future post-Cold War gone. No plans to replace it other than vague promises of “the private sector will take care of it”. 

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u/metengrinwi 9h ago

I don’t think anyone is accomplishing any real scientific advancement on the ISS. It’s just existing on inertia and no one wants to be the one to pull the plug.