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SpaceCaboose t1_j13m8u2 wrote

Reply to comment by diddyzig in Leak Inspection Finds Hole in Russian Spacecraft Docked to ISS by darthatheos

Crazy! It’s a good thing the micrometeorite wasn’t in a slightly different spot and hit a main area of the actual ISS

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daBarron t1_j13rvuk wrote

There is a fair bit of kevlar protection around a lot of the iss, probably getting hit occasionally and nobody notices.

The space shuttle got a chip of paint embedded in the windscreen but was ok.

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TheGoldenHand t1_j150iw9 wrote

The outside the of the space station has a number of bb sized craters on it.

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restform t1_j15te87 wrote

And when it's not you just plug the hole with your finger and tell your buddy to get the duct tape, no biggie.

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[deleted] t1_j15u64g wrote

I mean, if the hole is smaller than half an inch in diameter, fixing it with duct tape would work just fine. It is only 14 psi after all.

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restform t1_j166pp5 wrote

I wasn't being sarcastic, it's pretty much what they did with the previous soyuz leak. Not duct tape of course but not far off

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Familiar_Raisin204 t1_j13s757 wrote

The ISS uses a Whipple shield so it's pretty well protected

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SpaceCaboose t1_j14bw32 wrote

Makes sense they’d have something like that. I’d just never really considered it.

Thanks for the info!

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HiFiGuy197 t1_j16rz5z wrote

Didn’t read the article…

Mr. Whipple? Is it full of Charmin?

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