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Astronaut to Attempt Spacewalk Record
MattSparkes writes "Two residents of the International Space Station will take a spacewalk tomorrow to try to jam a stuck antenna on a docked cargo ship back into place. The spacewalk will set a US record of over 65 hours spacewalk experience. During the spacewalk, the astronauts will "use a hammer and a chisel to try to pound the antenna into place". Precision engineering at its very best I'm sure you'll agree."
...we need a bigger hammer!
64 hours should be enough for anyone.
It's not a hammer.
It's a highly specialized kinetic-energy inertial impartion implement.
After all, it cost far more than a mere hammer...
Paleotechnologist and connoisseur of pretty shiny things.
Did they forget about the BB gun, pepper spray, 6" knife and rubber tubing? Oh... Wrong astronaut...
When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
Imagine spending 65 hours playing whack-a-mole.
Task Mangler
Oh, a record for US astronaut spacewalks? Yawn. That Russian has 80+, you know? US triumphs are not so special as to be noteworthy compared to the superior exploits of other nations. This mind-set isn't new - I recall learning about the space race in grade school and god help you if you remembered who Yuri Gagarin was but forgot that first American guy in space, whoever he was.
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The chisel is over kill. You only need to tools in aerospace. A hammer and a roll of duct tape. If it moves and it isn't supposed to use the duct tape, if it doesn't move and is supposed to use the hammer.
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