 What was the problem with the tubes of calking compound that the crew was trying to use?
General Finogenov notified Major Winship that the underground blast was scheduled for the following morning. Next morning, before the sunlight exploded, the four of them donned their space suits and went and sat outside the dome, waiting. "Help?" " Nyet ," said Major Winship, exhausting his Russian. "I'll try again," Major Winship said and switched to the emergency channel. The darkness slowly filled with air, and the temperature inside the suit declined steadily. Air currents whisked it away and plastered it against a riveted seam of the dome. It pulsed as though it were breathing and then it ruptured. Major Winship moved quickly to cut out the emergency air supply which had cut in automatically with the pressure drop.
 They were hardening too fast when connected with air
 They were hardening too fast when connected with air  They took too long to harden and dry  They were expired and unusable  They were too small to fill what they needed