He'd been having only modest success selling copies of his self-published PCgame, Outpost Kaloki, in which the player becomes a space station manager in a 3-D cartoon world.

FORBES: Small game developers have an unlikely ally in Microsoft.

Space station programme manager Bill Gerstenmaier said extending astronauts' time aboard the station could help lay the groundwork for eventual Moon missions or Mars trips.

BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | Astronauts may get time extension

NASA's space station program manager Mike Suffredini said it's a mystery as to why the leak erupted.

WSJ: Spacewalkers Replace Space Station Pump