1 posted on
09/03/2020 6:27:05 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Is Congresscritter Adam Schiff onboard?
2 posted on
09/03/2020 6:29:13 PM PDT by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
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3 posted on
09/03/2020 6:29:33 PM PDT by
ealgeone
To: BenLurkin
Smoke test.
Soapy water.
Helium detector [used outside]
4 posted on
09/03/2020 6:30:10 PM PDT by
Paladin2
To: BenLurkin
I assume spraying bubble solution won’t work in orbit.
I used to find pinpoint leaks with an ultrasonic gadget that heterodyned ultrasonic down to audio range. Worked great on high pressure capillary plumbing for IR detectors.
5 posted on
09/03/2020 6:32:30 PM PDT by
DBrow
To: BenLurkin
6 posted on
09/03/2020 6:33:56 PM PDT by
Right Wing Assault
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To: BenLurkin
Always check the front hole first.
9 posted on
09/03/2020 6:41:29 PM PDT by
wildcard_redneck
("Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither.")
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10 posted on
09/03/2020 6:47:06 PM PDT by
montag813
(Nonsenze)
To: BenLurkin
If it’s an small internal leak, could they close one compartment at a time, spray an inert, lightly colored aerosol, and see if the cloud gets slowly pulled toward the source of the leak?
11 posted on
09/03/2020 6:48:21 PM PDT by
Viking2002
("If a really stupid person becomes senile......how can you tell?" - George Carlin)
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13 posted on
09/03/2020 6:49:57 PM PDT by
llevrok
(Vote while it is still legal! And often.)
To: BenLurkin
In the good old days of smoking on passenger airplanes, maintenance used to find weak spots in the fuselage by nicotine stains on the outside of the aircraft.
15 posted on
09/03/2020 6:52:32 PM PDT by
llevrok
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Still, he added, the leak is too small to be a threat to the crew or the station right now.
“The leak rate is still stable and well below the design specifications for the station and presents no concern for crew or vehicle safety,” Huot said.
folks, get past the headlines and lies of the media
21 posted on
09/03/2020 7:04:21 PM PDT by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: BenLurkin
Somebody is sneaking out to have a smoke.
24 posted on
09/03/2020 7:14:46 PM PDT by
TigersEye
(Leftist mentality is a multitude of fictions that can't be questioned.)
To: BenLurkin
They need to coat the station in something and see where the bubbles leak out.
Would there be a product that keeps viscosity at super extreme changes in temp?
26 posted on
09/03/2020 7:34:21 PM PDT by
Bayard
To: BenLurkin
Freon worked well for leak testing until they banned it. Dunno if it will work venting into vacuum though.
27 posted on
09/03/2020 7:42:49 PM PDT by
doorgunner69
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
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32 posted on
09/03/2020 8:32:07 PM PDT by
moovova
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I suppose dipping it in a water tank and looking for bubbles is out of the question.
38 posted on
09/03/2020 9:32:19 PM PDT by
IronJack
To: BenLurkin
Pop a smoke bomb and see where it exits the space station.
39 posted on
09/03/2020 10:05:10 PM PDT by
AlaskaErik
(In time of peace, prepare for war.)
To: BenLurkin
The Andromeda Strain virus is eating through the hatch seals.
42 posted on
09/03/2020 11:28:52 PM PDT by
TChad
(The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
To: BenLurkin
I just read a report on the 2018 leak. I would have thought a 2mm hole would be pretty alarming, but it was considered by MCC-Houston to be small and non-threatening. It was, as this story says, hunted down and patched.
This one must be very small. Merely an annoyance. They sealed all the modules, collected sensor data for a period and still could not isolate to a module.
If this leak is in one of the outer bulkheads, the bigger task is going to be locating it once isolated. I am pretty sure all those modules, certainly all the US, the Japanese and ESA modules, do not have a lot of bulkhead surface not obstructed by some sort of equipment or experiment rack.
What is stunning to me is how casual MCC-Houston has become about leaks. The panic induced by the first leak was a sight to see. Now it’s, “Meh... we’ll track it down when we get some spare time.”
Hard to believe it will be 20 years this November since ISS was first crewed.
The NappyOne
43 posted on
09/03/2020 11:36:05 PM PDT by
NappyOne
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Officials first noticed a leak last September, but they didn’t do anything about it for nearly a year, since the leak wasn’t major.
Kind of like my toilet.
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