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Astronauts told to return to ISS after sheltering over air leak repairs

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Re: Astronauts told to return to ISS after sheltering over air leak repairs

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Post by mynameisvlad »

caminante wrote: post #94
js2 wrote: post #72

As of 11 minutes ago, the headline is now the opposite of that submitted: > Astronauts told to return to International Space Station after sheltering over air leak repairs.

Oh, so it's a live blog with updates and a dynamic headline.

It has "Live Updates" in big bold text as one of the first and most prominent lines on the page so... yes? Is that a problem?

Publications have had live-updating articles for things ongoing for years. This seems both entirely reasonable and normal, and I'm not sure what the concern or issue is.

Re: Astronauts told to return to ISS after sheltering over air leak repairs

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Post by varjag »

rafram wrote: post #96
varjag wrote: post #93

Nasa said the segment had suffered from cracks and leaks I expected better from the BBC.

Hmm? If you mean the capitalization, that’s BBC style.

That sounds weird. They write "Nasa" mid-sentence too, yet keep other acronyms (ISS) intact.

Re: Astronauts told to return to ISS after sheltering over air leak repairs

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Post by soupspaces »

ordu wrote: post #64

Can't they just get things out of the module and paint it fresh? Maybe with some special paint, or with several layers of a paint? Obviously they can't, it looks like an obvious solution they couldn't have missed. But I wonder why it is impossible to do.

Some fire decal while they're at it?

Re: Astronauts told to return to ISS after sheltering over air leak repairs

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Post by stackghost »

dylan604 wrote: post #108
justinator wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bubble gum? Like do they chew space bubble gum that they could then smoosh in the holes? In college, we'd use toothpaste for the holes left from nails in the walls we hung up our posters with.

Isn't the main problem finding the hole and not what should be used to fill the hole?

They need Matt Damon, a chopped up wooden crucifix, and some silicone caulking

Re: Astronauts told to return to ISS after sheltering over air leak repairs

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Post by Lalabadie »

plopz wrote: post #107
Magi604 wrote: post #84

Is this another potential OceanGate scenario (SpaceGate?), where one day the ISS just blasts apart suddenly and without warning and the occupants are ejected into the vacuum of space?

Zvezda has been leaking since 2019. That doesn't seem sudden and without warning to me. I imagine its going to continue to leak until the ISS is decommissioned.

The return of the leak was relatively sudden. They had done temporary fixes that brought stable pressure for a while, and when it reappeared, the leak jumped back to 1kg/day quickly.

Re: Astronauts told to return to ISS after sheltering over air leak repairs

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Post by sixhobbits »

varjag wrote: post #112
rafram wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmm? If you mean the capitalization, that’s BBC style.

That sounds weird. They write "Nasa" mid-sentence too, yet keep other acronyms (ISS) intact.

Some style guides distinguish between an acronym (Nasa, say the word as it's written) and initialism (ISS, say each letter)

Re: Astronauts told to return to ISS after sheltering over air leak repairs

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Post by lapetitejort »

QuotedForTruth wrote: post #103
Magi604 wrote: post #84

Is this another potential OceanGate scenario (SpaceGate?), where one day the ISS just blasts apart suddenly and without warning and the occupants are ejected into the vacuum of space?

There are of course potential failures, but not quite as violent as oceans gate. There is 1 atm of pressure difference between the inside and outside of the ISS. At titanic depths the pressure difference between inside and outside of the submarine was approximately 400 atm. Thats why the ISS can have small leaks like this that are a problem but not catastrophic like they would be in a deep sea submarine.

The differences in engineers for space versus the ocean are fascinating. You'd think space stations and submarines would be interchangeable because they both deal with pressure differentials, right? Wrong. They'd fail in fascinatingly different ways within minutes or hours in the opposite environment

Re: Astronauts told to return to ISS after sheltering over air leak repairs

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Post by rafram »

sixhobbits wrote: post #117
varjag wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sounds weird. They write "Nasa" mid-sentence too, yet keep other acronyms (ISS) intact.

Some style guides distinguish between an acronym (Nasa, say the word as it's written) and initialism (ISS, say each letter)

Yes, including the BBC’s: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsstyleguide/all#:~:text=our%20style...

Re: Astronauts told to return to ISS after sheltering over air leak repairs

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Post by justinator »

dylan604 wrote: post #108
justinator wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bubble gum? Like do they chew space bubble gum that they could then smoosh in the holes? In college, we'd use toothpaste for the holes left from nails in the walls we hung up our posters with.

Isn't the main problem finding the hole and not what should be used to fill the hole?

You'd think after 8 years, they'd have found the hole!
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