Soyuz Spacecraft Docked To ISS Springs Coolant Leak (spaceflightnow.com) 23
Longtime Slashdot reader necro81 writes: A Soyuz spacecraft (MS-22) docked at the International Space Station appears to have developed a coolant leak, according to NASA and various news sources. YouTuber Scott Manley has further background and explanation.
The cause and severity are presently not known. There is no immediate danger to the crew. The leak was discovered during preparations for a planned spacewalk, which has since been cancelled. This Soyuz is the return spacecraft for three of the ISS' residents, but after this failure a replacement spacecraft may need to sent up.
The cause and severity are presently not known. There is no immediate danger to the crew. The leak was discovered during preparations for a planned spacewalk, which has since been cancelled. This Soyuz is the return spacecraft for three of the ISS' residents, but after this failure a replacement spacecraft may need to sent up.
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I wouldn't put it past the P-Man to pull this kind of shenanigan, but bleep does happen in space. Soyuz capsules have had glitches before; many of them being long in the tooth. Thus, I have to use Hanlon's razor as the default.
Suggestion (Score:2)
This Soyuz is the return spacecraft for three of the ISS' residents, but after this failure a replacement spacecraft may need to sent up.
Perhaps Russia can simply stack them in a turtles all the way down [wikipedia.org] fashion and their people can just climb down to Earth in an emergency. :-)
Re:Suggestion [stack turtles] (Score:1)
The turtles from Planet Mitchikondria insist you stack humans instead.
Sanctioned... (Score:2)
Bounceback? (Score:3)
Ruskies didn't use enough duct tape (Score:2)
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Escape Vehicle (Score:4, Funny)
Makes me wonder: how quickly can Russia put up another Soyuz? How quickly could SpaceX get a Crew Dragon up there? It should would make Putin look foolish if his cosmonauts needed to hitch a ride from Elon back to Earth.
Re:Escape Vehicle (Score:4, Interesting)
Russia is already entering into the era a post-manned-spaceflight nation - they only have enough man-rated boosters until 2024, when they pull out of the deal. They simply don't have (a) any spares, or (b) the ability to manufacture any.
THAT is the real reason they are pulling out of ISS. Even if they wanted to stay, they would have to hitch a ride.
Or to paraphrase Dmitry Rozogin: "Maybe we'll just detach it and drop it on the Kremlin."
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"post-manned-spaceflight nation" seems a little ridiculous as a description for their current situation.
I'll let it hang there for a minute and see if I like it.
Nope... it's not like they are winning an award.
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"post-manned-spaceflight nation" seems a little ridiculous as a description for their current situation.
I'll let it hang there for a minute and see if I like it.
Nope... it's not like they are winning an award.
Selective quoting much?
Here's what I wrote:
Russia is already entering into the era a post-manned-spaceflight nation - they only have enough man-rated boosters until 2024, when they pull out of the deal. They simply don't have (a) any spares, or (b) the ability to manufacture any.
THAT is the real reason they are pulling out of ISS. Even if they wanted to stay, they would have to hitch a ride.
They will be fully a post-manned-spaceflight nation in 2024, as they won't have any human launch capacity, and will be hitching rides with China.
Bridge. (Score:2)
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Stand by to eject the warp core.
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Coolant leak is Sci-Fi most disastrous technical problem.
I still go the Animated Transformers: The Movie it wasn't the Matrix of Leadership that destroyed Unicron, but Aarcee who shot a coolant line is the cause of Unicrons destruction.
Happens all the time (Score:4)
It seems like every spaceship from Earth has an incident where they are venting coolant or warp plasma. Usually during a battle, though.
In any event, this is what hydrospanners are for.
I am sure they are workin as fast as they cain but ye canna change the laws of physics.
Slashdot Glitch (Score:2)
This just happened in this thread. I posted, and when it came back and showed the post, it said "Score: ?". Then I refreshed the page, and my post was gone! And it wasn't listed under my profile page, either. It just went poof!
Never saw anything like this happen in all the years on Slashdot.
(I then posted a similar comment, which went right through like normal.)
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Slashdot editors have been known to manually remove posts for various reasons. I've had one removed that directly criticized one of the editors, and another that mentioned about my brother because he has an extremely low Slashdot ID.
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Any chance it was due to inability to source parts from their usual suppliers and so they was forced to find alternate sources, which may not be as good?
This spacecraft was probably built 5-15 years ago? Just guessing.
Micrometeorite impact (Score:5, Informative)
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Well of course, that absolves them of any responsibility or neglect in the matter. However, one astute space reporter (Scott Manley) noted that the ISS's orbit happened to put it in a rare situation in which it received non-stop sunlight for a few days straight leading up to the time this incident occurred. This could have caused the cooling system to overheat and thus overpressure, and something ruptured. I would think there would be data indicating this fact, but it's probably something only the Russians
Typical Russian (Score:3)
smoking accident