Posted on 10/28/2024 1:26:06 PM PDT by george76
NASA's astronauts aboard the International Space Station have been told to prepare for an urgent evacuation amid growing safety concerns.
The US space agency and its Russian counterpart, Roscomos, are tracking 50 'areas of concern' related to a growing leak aboard the station.
NASA is now calling the cracks in a Russian service module a 'top safety risk' - escalating the threat rating to five out of five.
Astronauts have been warned to stay in the American section when the module is open so they can be close to their spacecraft in case of an emergency evacuation.
Although officials have been aware of the issue since 2019, the exact source of the leak is still unknown.
Concerns over the station's safety are now so high that NASA has negotiated with Roscomos to only open the hatch when absolutely necessary and to keep it sealed in the evenings.
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NASA is now tracking 50 'areas of concern' related to a leak in the Russian Zvezda Service Module Transfer Tunnel (labelled) which sprung a leak in 2019
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The air leak is located in the Russian Zvezda Service Module Transfer Tunnel which was installed in 2000 and is used to house life support equipment and to access a Russian cargo dock.
In 2019 it was noted that the module had begun to leak a small amount of air through an unidentified crack.
However, despite efforts to seal the module, the amount of air escaping the station has only increased over the last five years.
In February this year, NASA was forced to hold a press conference on the issue as the amount of air escaping temporarily increased from 0.2 lbs per day (0.09 kg) to 2.4 lbs (1.08 kg) per day.
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“keep it sealed in the evenings”
Hmmm...let me ponder that a while.
“...been aware of the issue since 2019”
Is Boeing in charge of finding the leak?
Ssssssssssssssssssss . Elon can send up some quick seal
This is not the way Elon would have done it.
I wondr whether the leftists will sacrifice the astronauts to prevent a Trump Musk victory
Send them some “Gorilla Glue”...
Send them some “Gorilla Glue”...
Article: “the exact source of the leak is still unknown”
For five years they could not find it?
Omg.
Follow the science?—no thanks.
I suggest Flex Seal tape!
Duct tape solves everything.
“keep it sealed in the evenings”
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Hmmm...let me ponder that a while.
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Yeah, I immediately noticed and questioned the language.
What do they mean by “evenings”?
So I looked it up, and according to wikipedia the ISS has an orbital period of 93 minutes.
So I guess they are going to use the same clocks that we ground dweller will, but still, I think of an “evening” as being after the afternoon and before nightfall. heh
“What do they mean by ‘evenings’”?
I suspect it means an idiot “journalist” with a second grade science education wrote that.
Give more money to Ukraine, the terrorists in Palestine, and the illegals invading our borders. I’m sure that will help those “areas of concern” on the ISS.
Leaks in the module and the space is getting in. Time to activate the space pumps.
ISS runs on GMT. The astros typically sleep during GMT nights. They don’t want the leak to become catastrophic when everyone is sleeping.
It looks like it’s modular, with 5-6 modules. Why not just replace them one at a time.
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