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Astronaut Loses Tools While Performing an EVA
tpheiska writes "NASA press release states that 'At approx. 3:33 p.m. EST, Piper reported that one of the Braycote lubrication guns had released grease into her toolbag. As she was cleaning the bag and wiping the tools and equipment inside, the bag floated away. Another bag carrying identical equipment is now being shared by Piper and Bowen.' Luckily they had a spare."
As she was cleaning the bag and wiping the tools and equipment inside, the bag floated away. Another bag carrying identical equipment is now being shared by Piper and Bowen.
Do we have any humorous black & white silent space footage of this skit?
... add some hokey 1920's ragtime music to the it, speed it up just unnaturally fast and they just might be sitting on a viral video here!
...
Seriously, NASA's gotta come up with financing somehow
Come on, it practically writes itself:
Setting: Exterior of shuttle.
A lanky beanpole Bowen discovers that grease has been dispensed into her bag. Not wanting to alert the portly Bowen and face his wrath, she quickly empties the contents of the bag to wipe them off. As she cleans each tool, she sets it back down on the shuttle but soon realizes that they merely float back up. She rotates through each tool, setting it back on the shuttle but forgets about the bag! Bowen hears the heavy breathing in his earpiece and turns around in time to see the bag floating away while Piper is pre-occupied with the tools. He scowls and makes a move for the bag but slips on grease and tumbles out into space, tethered only by his life support
My work here is dung.
that's why I don't trust my bag to any woman
The Enterprise was built on the ground folks. If highly trained astronauts cant hold onto their tools, you think a bunch of steel workers can?
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"guns had released grease into her toolbag ..."
More interested in cleaning stuff than getting on with the job! :o)
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I think this might be the most sexist slashdot discussion I've ever seen.
Man, that's a pretty damn regimented sleep time. I guess there's no quickly checking /. before bed.
"lubrication guns had released grease into her toolbag"
Am i really the only one who thought of porn when reading this? I hope not.
That's exactly what happens when astronauts don't get to see "BURN-E" before going on a mission!
lubrication guns had released grease into her toolbag. As she was cleaning the bag and wiping the tools and equipment inside
This is the most obscene thing I've ever read here.
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
"Children need encouragement. If a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way he develops a good, lucky feeling." - Jack Handy
Put her make-up stuff inside it, I bet she won't lose it again!
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Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
Yeah. I actually have mod points today, but I can't find the option for "-1, pathetic bigotry".
Sexism != bigotry
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
So can we look forward to a sentient grease gun arriving back in Earth orbit some time in the future demanding to speak to the head mechanic?
AT&ROFLMAO
Guys, this isn't changing the oil on your car.
They actually were changing the oil on my car, which just so happens to be in space, you insensitive clod!
Agree. The two orbits will continue to intersect if it's all in physics-land and everything is working on the same plane etc. This was, in fact, the central premise and punchline to an Arthur C Clarke short story called Jupiter V, it's very good and I recommend it. There you go, I must be right, fiction agrees with me.
Please consider this account deleted, I just can't be bothered with the spam anymore.
>Orbits are elliptical.
/
And gravity sucks...look up 'Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica'.
"Hello, I'm Clippy.
Are you trying to hit the Earth?
Try firing your rifle directly opposite the direction of your ship's orbit.
You would get faster results if you upgrade your rifle to one which can fire at the same speed as your ship's speed."
You get bonus points and extra helpings. They send out a second astronaut to see what happened to the first, and then a third to see what happened to the second...
Mission Control: ... "
"And so, the world waits and listens, as the brave astronauts consider how to spend their last few hours of precious life. We can no longer communicate with the heroic crew, but we have one last audio feed still working. We can hear them, but tragically, they can't hear us
Audio feed: ..."
"Chuck?"
"Yeah, Tony?"
"We're gonna die, ain't we?"
"Yeah, Tony. We are."
"Is there anything you really wished you'd tried, just once, when you had the chance?"
"A few things, Tony. Yeah. A few."
"Have you ever wondered what, like, it'd be like to 'do it' with another guy? Because
Mission Control:
"Aaargh! Aargh! Noooooo! Turn it OFF!"
Eric Baird
...the dying astronaut might be able to say what it was before dying....
...My God.. It's full of stars...
who's to say the rest of the crew can't hear you? the comment said HOUSTON...
if something were to happen, the only thing that matters is the people CLOSEST to you, not the ones hundreds of miles away