International Space Station: 'Possibility of a catastrophic failure'

Friday, November 15, 2024

A Russian-controlled segment of the International Space Station is leaking, allowing pressure and air to bleed out. The situation has reached a fever pitch as cosmonauts scramble to patch problem areas and officials from Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, and NASA disagree about the severity of the problem.

Posted by REDIAL at 04:30 PM | 9 COMMENTS | permalink

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This deterioration has been going on for a while.

It seems to be only getting worse as time progresses.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-15 02:27 PM

Now that FDT has been elected, we won't have hurricanes. He'll get rid of NOAA and climate change will disappear. He's appointing Hulk Hogan as head of FEMA.

#2 | Posted by chuffy at 2024-11-15 04:41 PM

Given the current political climate, the ISS is not good place to be.

#3 | Posted by Angrydad at 2024-11-15 04:49 PM

@#3 ... Given the current political climate, the ISS is not good place to be. ...

I'm not convinced of that. There is a Pres Putin sock-puppet entering the White House in January. So the political differences should subside.

I do remain quite concerned, however, about the deterioration of ISS's structural integrity.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-15 06:27 PM

ISS was scheduled to be decommissioned soon anyway.

Elon's company is getting a ton of money to take it apart and crash it. He probably already got paid and will get to keep them money if the ISS crashes before that.

#5 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-11-15 06:30 PM

@#5 ... ISS was scheduled to be decommissioned soon anyway. ...

Will ISS make it to that 2031 date?

End of an Era " the Fall of the International Space Station (July 2024)
roarnews.co.uk

... On 20 November 1998, the first segment of the International Space Station (ISS) was launched into space. On 2 November 2000, the first crew of astronauts and cosmonauts began living on the ISS.

Now, after thirty years of service, the ISS will be decommissioned and sent on a crash course with the Pacific Ocean in 2031.

At the moment, the ISS requires regular boosts from the Russian Progress Spacecraft to remain at its specific height in the sky, so it does not fall out of orbit.

The primary system which keeps the ISS running cannot be upgraded and maintained forever so, while NASA will keep it running throughout 2030, they have signed a deal with SpaceX worth over $800 million (600 million) to push the satellite out of orbit and into Point Nemo in the Pacific. ...

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-15 06:47 PM

Russian crap is always ----.

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-11-15 09:12 PM

@#7 ... Russian crap is always ----. ...

In some respects, yes.

But then there is Boeing ...

For profit Capitalism over quality.

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-15 10:47 PM

I'm good. Well not really.

I grew up in the "Space Age" golden years.

Then it all fell apart because it was more important to drop bombs on brown people.

And have nontechnical politicians dictate NASA policy.