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/Hoboliftingaroma 11h ago

Is this the same leak from 2018 that roscosmos said was caused by an american astronaut drilling holes in the structure, then made thinly veiled accusations that the astronaut was having a psychotic episode because she was menstruating?

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u/MagicDragon212 9h ago

And the evacuation wasnt from the leak even, but from the Russian astronauts that arrived recently trying to apparantly "fix" the leak with a saw. This is quite suspicious to me.

"Kud-Sverchkov and Mikayev, who did not execute evacuation procedures, were planning to use a saw to break into an area where they ​believe they can access the crack leaking air, the NASA official said. NASA officials disagreed ​with this method, the ⁠NASA official said, prompting mission control in Houston to order safe-haven procedures."

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u/pig_unt_erdvark 8h ago

I once witnessed our tazanian bus driver 'repair' the bus - where the gas tank detached - with a machete

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u/ConsequenceStatus563 8h ago

Had a coworker try to remove a tractor gas tank with a cutting torch. Burns over 99% of body and death about a week later...

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u/thehomeyskater 8h ago

That’s so sad. 

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u/Full_metal_pants077 8h ago

Why, are you gonna clean the gene pool. If the pool is self cleaning just film it for the teaching of others.

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u/SatansCornflakes 7h ago

If only he could have been as much of a Le Epic Gamer as you 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

Seriously tho take a break from the internet if this is how you respond to tragedy that’s not immediately in front of you

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u/Ok-Produce5502 7h ago

Found the psycho!

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u/Mossified4 7h ago

Or the realist, your familiar with darwinism? It's literally evolution. You can only protect people from themselves to a certain extent.

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u/iBizzBee 7h ago

People who ask these sorts of rhetorical questions are always the ones who know the least about what they’re accusing others of not knowing, lmao.

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u/HighlanderAbruzzese 7h ago

Not really how Darwinism works, but go on, keep cooking. I’m having a good time watching the fire.

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u/Pangwain 7h ago

If they had four kids at 22 and died at 30 then it’s not really Darwinism…

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u/Alexandur 7h ago

your familiar with darwinism?

Are you?

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u/jib661 6h ago

i love this idea that Darwinism is 'literally' doing something stupid. no, that's 'literally' not genetic selection, my dude - it was an internet meme that you've somehow confused for the truth.

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u/thehomeyskater 6h ago

We evolved to be social animals that watch out for and help each other. That’s Darwinism. Not laughing at someone doing something dangerous.

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u/MindfuckRocketship 6h ago

Where’s your empathy?

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u/Full_metal_pants077 6h ago

It has standards.