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Astronauts Throw Trash Into Space

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the out-of-sight-out-of-our-gravity-well dept.

MattSparkes writes "The International Space Station is home to an increasing amount of unwanted goods, and NASA has just approved a policy where these could be thrown out of the door into space. 'Tools and other gear have accidentally floated away during spacewalks. But NASA has shied away from intentionally jettisoning gear off the ISS in the past because of the threat of space junk hitting the station or other spacecraft.' The loosening of the rules on this comes just as Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin is about to take a space walk where he will hit a golf ball from the ISS in a promotional stunt for a golf company."

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  1. Pigs in space by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    It starts with a piece of trash and quickly turns into a terrible neighborhood. Next thing you know, it'll be the International Space Crackhouse.

    I told you we shouldn't have let those Russians in.

    1. Re:Pigs in space by Sporkinum · · Score: 4, Funny

      International Space Crackhouse.

      Ground control to Major Tom....

      --
      "He's lost in a 'floyd hole"
  2. Re:Why doesn't ISS have an extensible trash module by elrous0 · · Score: 2, Funny
    It would also allow the Smithsonian to one day open a great new exhibit: "10 Years of Frozen Astronaut Shit and Piss From the ISS."

    "See honey, I *told* you astronauts ate corn!"

    -Eric

    --
    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  3. Re:Randomly dump their trash would be stupid by RingDev · · Score: 3, Funny

    hope he doesn't slice it!

    -Rick

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    "Most people in the U.S. wouldn't know they live in a tyrannical state if it walked up and grabbed their junk." - MyFirs