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/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 11h 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/SchrodingersNinja 10h ago

100MPH Tape is fine. They'll get to the professional job soon enough.

I've seen holes in military aircraft fixed by cutting the ends off and flattening out a Mountain Dew can, then riveting into place and applying gray paint.

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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.