That is all true. I'm sure they're closing it off whenever it's not occupied.Ag87H2O said:I had heard from a pretty reliable source that there was a crack in the Russian module and that they had tried to seal it but that attempts had failed and that it was slowly growing. Said the Americans weren't even sure the totality of the problem because the Russians were not being completely open about it. They know they are losing atmosphere and that it is slowly getting worse. Said they had not even been able to run contingency scenarios because we didn't have all the information needed to run them - which was a big concern. As of a month ago, it wasn't an emergency yet, but it was a big concern and part of the reason they needed to get space suits to the two Starliner crewmembers.TexAgs91 said:The leak is in Zvezda. It's a critical module with electrical power distribution, life support systems and power, attitude and propulsion systems used to boost the station. If it gets to the point where they have to seal off the Zvezda, that could impact boosting the station.Ag87H2O said:What if they already have done that but can't do it 100% of the time because the crack is in a module you have to pass through to get to one of the escape vehicles?nortex97 said:
Why would a crack cause a deorbit? If anything they would evacuate the module in question.
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