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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. 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?

    --
    I keep telling myself I'm not the desperate type.