Bet the Space station laundry bill is a bit higher this week...

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US and Russian astronauts have scrambled to temporarily patch a hole allowing air to leak from the International Space Station (ISS).

The leak, thought to have possibly been caused by a collision with a small meteorite, was detected on Thursday (AEST), resulting in a loss of cabin pressure.

The air leak was traced to a hole about 2mm in diameter, located in the most recent Russian Soyuz spacecraft capsule to dock at the space station.

NASA said the space station crew taped over the hole Thursday night, slowing the leak.

Flight controllers were monitoring the cabin pressure while working to come up with a better, long-term solution.

If not fixed, controllers estimated the craft would have run out of air in around 18 days.


To quote Red Green "Spare the ducttape, spoil the job"
 
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NASA said the space station crew taped over the hole Thursday night, slowing the leak.


Might be a good ad for Flex Tape or Gorilla Tape.
 
Have somebody go outside with a green slime kit. push in, twist twist twist then pull. leak plugged. LOL..

they could put a rivet in there to slow down the leak then thick RTV over it to seal. Then a big [censored] mountion of RTV to really seal. Its only about 14PSI. slightly less.
 
Outside temperature range could be a factor. Surprising they are not prepared, doesn't look like planned this in their drills
 
Originally Posted by Y_K
Outside temperature range could be a factor. Surprising they are not prepared, doesn't look like planned this in their drills


Taped it on the inside, since the pressure is leaking from inside to outside. So temperature wouldn't be a concern. I think they have plans in place in case such an incident happens. The ISS has been in service for many years, so if this is the first time they've thought about a small piece of debris hitting and causing a leak they better hire some new engineers.
 
With all that possibility of getting hit with small meteorites or space junk, I'm amazed this isn't a common problem.
 
It's in the Soyuz, and in a section that doesn't return to earth. Would this be a bigger problem if it were in the portion returning?
 
Originally Posted by javacontour
It's in the Soyuz, and in a section that doesn't return to earth. Would this be a bigger problem if it were in the portion returning?

Would you want to fly back to earth in a ball with tape covering a hole?
 
Originally Posted by jhellwig
Originally Posted by javacontour
It's in the Soyuz, and in a section that doesn't return to earth. Would this be a bigger problem if it were in the portion returning?

Would you want to fly back to earth in a ball with tape covering a hole?


Probably not. Just curious if they have a plan to deal with such a contingency...
 
Originally Posted by javacontour
Originally Posted by jhellwig
Originally Posted by javacontour
It's in the Soyuz, and in a section that doesn't return to earth. Would this be a bigger problem if it were in the portion returning?

Would you want to fly back to earth in a ball with tape covering a hole?


Probably not. Just curious if they have a plan to deal with such a contingency...

That soyouz capsule is the contingency. They have one parked there all the time just in case. That would have been bad if it was in the portion that had to return

Now I was reading they are fairly sure the hole was cause by a drill either intentionally or accidently.
 
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