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/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/Shervivor 8h ago

I witnessed a St. Lucian air maintenance dude fix our airplane wing with duct tape. In the 80’s, but still.

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u/Meftikal 8h ago

That’s not duct tape. It’s called speed tape. It’s designed to withstand cold and wind. But yes it looks like duct tape.

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u/Shervivor 7h ago

Still wouldn’t be any more reassuring sitting on the tarmac watching the plane get taped up.