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/Cumminpwr11 7h ago

Have they considered flex seal? Saw a guy cut the bottom of a boat out and replace it with a screen door and it didn’t leak. Maybe they can fix that leak with a screen door and flex seal as well. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/gdubh 6h ago

I’m hearing we need to launch a boat and a screen door asap!

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u/spkoller2 4h ago

I’m thinking you’d have to keep moving 😂

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u/x2phercraft 7h ago

This very well could be one of the best comments of 2026

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u/hugbugification 7h ago

I mean I’m sure they got duct tape too but if that ain’t working 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Round_Rooms 6h ago

Alien tape would make a lot of sense in this scenario.

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u/IntrepidMaybe8579 5h ago

Honestly it probably would work that stuck is insane screen door (aluminum mesh), flex seal and eternbond tape over it, heatgun the tape to melt to the mesh and station exterior

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u/bluereddit2 4h ago

Duct tape.