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Astronauts Pull Off Risky Spacewalk

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the insist-on-redundant-backups- dept.

dylanduck writes "A pair of NASA astronauts overcame an issue with a loose jet pack to make crucial repairs to the International Space Station, according to a story on New Scientist Space. No jet pack means not getting home if you inadvertently push yourself away from the space station and into space. That's a long goodbye that doesn't bear thinking about."

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  1. Frank Poole by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, they might be able to find you and revive you- it just might take a millennium or so.

  2. So not to be morbid or anything... by Durrok · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... but you find yourself drifting in space with no hope of rescue. Do you:

    A. Take off helmet?
    B. Let air run out and aphyxiate?
    C. Pray that the galactic president is stealing a spaceship with the Infinite Improbability Drive in it?

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    1. Re:So not to be morbid or anything... by wafflemonger · · Score: 2, Funny

      You should consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Or if it hasn't been good to you so far, and concidering your circumstances seems more likely, consider how lucky you are that it won't be bothering you much longer.

  3. Re:I tip my hat to those brave men (or women) by mentaldingo · · Score: 1, Funny
    Strangely, I have. The other night I dreamt I was one of two astronauts trying to manoevre around a space shuttle without a jetpack.

    OK, I also dreamt there was no airlock, and that I found my cat on board...

    Anyway, I agree with you, and also tip my hat to the brave gentlemen.

  4. uhhm, rope? by RelliK · · Score: 3, Funny

    This may be a stupid question, but haven't these NASA guys ever heard of the "rope" technology?

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  5. Damn, I've misread that as... by dorkygeek · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... "Astronauts Pull Off Risky Spacesuit", and asked myself, wtf are they doing stripping up there?? Obviously, someone must have finally flown the hookers to the ISS. Now, about playing blackjack...

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  6. hey by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    http://macpchobo.ytmnd.com/

    LOL

  7. Re:I tip my hat to those brave men (or women) by roman_mir · · Score: 3, Funny

    Spacewalkers must have balls of steel. - by the way in case of women, would that be tits of steel or eggs of steel? (I know, I know, they still say 'balls' of steel, but exactly which balls, the former or the latter? :)

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  8. CowboyNeal Option by cazbar · · Score: 2, Funny

    D. Hope that CowboyNeal acquires a Tok'ra cargo ship to come save you?

  9. Re:I tip my hat to those brave men (or women) by siriuskase · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ovaries, obviously. They are kinda round and are completely analogous developmentally to the testicles of a male.

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  10. Re:I tip my hat to those brave men (or women) by Lectrik · · Score: 2, Funny

    Leela: But we were already going top speed when we fired him.
    Fry: So we can never catch up? Not even if we rub the engines with cheetah blood?

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