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One spacewalking cosmonaut was hit on their visor by a contaminated tether as a pair of International Space Station crew members ventured outside the outpost a few hours ago to investigate a leaky radiator. Streamed live on NASA TV, the spacewalkers had several tasks, but it was dealing with the leak earlier this month from a …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Space age technology.

    ...confirm it by peering out of the windows...

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    1. Yet Another Anonymous coward Silver badge
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      Re: Space age technology.

      You try getting a bowl of soapy water, big enough to dip the ISS in, up there

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      1. Sam not the Viking Silver badge
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        Re: Space age technology.

        The Soup Dragon might be able to help out?

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      2. Stoneshop
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        Re: Space age technology.

        And then there's the matter of the outside temperature.

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        1. Snowy Silver badge
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          Re: Space age technology.

          When it is in direct sunlight it gets quite warm!

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  2. elsergiovolador Silver badge

    Cool~aid~ant

    Probably out of boredom and thirst they wanted to check if the legend that ISS is cooled by vodka is true.

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  3. Steve Hersey

    Workmanship, or micrometeoroid / space junk damage?

    Those radiators seem to spring a lot of leaks. Would be interesting to know whether this is a workmanship issue or debris impacts.

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    1. Antron Argaiv Silver badge
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      Re: Workmanship, or micrometeoroid / space junk damage?

      Just send up another case of duct tape on the next Progress.

      or that self-vulcanising plumber's tape

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      1. drankinatty
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        Re: Workmanship, or micrometeoroid / space junk damage?

        Krikalev and Titov and just shaking their collective heads...

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  4. Neil Barnes Silver badge

    A nanosatellite to test solar sail technology

    For some reason I have a mental image of some poor astronaut bounding along on some lump of space rock dragging a kite behind him on a bit of string...

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  5. Peshman

    Is it any surprise?

    After all these years is it any wonder the radiator's sprung a leak?

    If it was a car it would probably be regustered as a "Classic" by now.

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    1. Anonymous Coward Silver badge
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      Re: Is it any surprise?

      "The radiator had been delivered by one of the final Space Shuttle missions in 2010 but only fitted during a Russian spacewalk this year"

      So it's "new old stock"

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  6. BackToTheFuture
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    Space Chicken

    Surely all they have to do is send up a space chicken in the next re-supply launch then crack an egg in the radiator?

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