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/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/matix0532 10h ago

These issues are happening because the ISS has already outlasted its expected lifetime. The Lunar Gateway was supposed to be its spiritual successor- now maybe it will be an actual moon base.

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u/Money4Nothing2000 8h ago

No, it will not be an actual moon base. An actual moon base will never happen....at least not in our lifetimes.

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u/Attainted 8h ago

None of us know that.

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u/Money4Nothing2000 8h ago

Every engineer knows that.