Astronauts on ISS told to shelter as repairs under way to fix air leaks

Re:Astronauts on ISS told to shelter as repairs under way to... by duxup on Friday June 05, 2026 @03:49PM (#48417304)

I’m imagining the robots from Silent Running 1972.

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Re:Astronauts on ISS told to shelter as repairs under way to... by Crunchified on Friday June 05, 2026 @08:27PM (#48420113)

...or the scutters on Red Dwarf.

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Re:Astronauts on ISS told to shelter as repairs under way to... by hammock on Friday June 05, 2026 @08:38PM (#48420179)

I’m imagining a pool snail

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Re:Astronauts on ISS told to shelter as repairs under way to... by Waterluvian on Friday June 05, 2026 @09:17PM (#48420417)

“What is my purpose?”

“You crawl around outside and smell for astronaut wizz.”

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Re:Astronauts on ISS told to shelter as repairs under way to... by p-e-w on Friday June 05, 2026 @09:20PM (#48420435)

One thing that’s rarely discussed about spaceflight is that for the foreseeable future, it will have to happen without the animals that humans rely upon on Earth. I think this will expose just how strong that reliance is in some areas.

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Re:Astronauts on ISS told to shelter as repairs under way to... by totetsu on Friday June 05, 2026 @11:54PM (#48421233)

I wonder about what happens to gut micro biomes

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Re:Astronauts on ISS told to shelter as repairs under way to... by thaumasiotes on Saturday June 06, 2026 @03:47AM (#48422494)

They'll standardize so that everybody has more or less the same stuff.

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