Posted on 10/30/2024 6:29:01 PM PDT by bitt
The space exploration is as dangerous as any other human activity can get, and with the accumulating security issues of the aging International Space Station (ISS), the risks of a disaster are getting bigger by the day.
Some space experts go as far as warning that NASA’s astronauts should evacuate the ISS immediately.
For British expert Nick Pope, NASA’s ‘wait-and-see’ attitude may result in ‘devastating consequences’.
Daily Mail reported:
“’Leaving it too late could lead to a disaster that would kill not only the astronauts, but also NASA’s reputation,’ he said.”
This comes as NASA is tracking 50 ‘areas of concern’ related to a worsening leak on the Russian module of the ISS.
“NASA has warned its astronauts to be ready for an emergency evacuation as concerns rise over a crack in the Russian section of the station. All seven astronauts are staying on the US side whenever the hatch to the leaky section is open”
Detected in 2019, the leak is located in the Russian Zvezda Service Module Transfer Tunnel which ‘provides station living quarters, life support systems, electrical power distribution and data processing, flight control and propulsion systems’.
Believe it or not, the leak was covered with ‘a combination of sealant and patches’ but has grown faster lately.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
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Will there be room for the stranded Boeing passengers if there’s an emergency evacuation?
A wandering astronaut I, a thing of cracks and patches...
I think NASA just wants out of the manned spaceflight business and it leave to entrepreneurs they can oversee/blame.
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LOL!
G & S references make FR special!
Kill NASA’s reputation? Now that’s rich. Shuttle’s last mission was July 2011. What has NASA done since. Stranded a couple of folks on the ISS due to Boeing’s deficient capsule. Lots of plans. Elon has done way more in the past 13 years.
“British expert Nick Pope” who’s never been to space?
No one has ever died in the ISS so what the heck is he babbling about?
Everyone knows that crack kills.
Maybe the NASA Consortium should sell it to Elon Musk?
Better call Saul.
Wait til Elon and Trump collaborate on the design of a big beautiful space station!
Maybe a can of Flex-Seal would do.
Where’s the Jihadi outreach?
I’ll even name it:
“Trump Station X”
No shiny aluminum exterior, naturally it will be gold!
NASA's reputation.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahaha..*snort* hahaha..*cough, cough*...giggle...
“ No one has ever died in the ISS so what the heck is he babbling about?”
Nobody had died on the Space Shuttle. Until a bunch did.
Then it was discovered just how much bad design and faulty testing had been covered up.
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