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."

Comments

That's why women don't belong in space

[Anonymous Coward]

Women belong at home, making dinner and babies. God has so commanded.

Female to Lose Toolbag in Space

[xpuppykickerx]

Much more fitting title.

Re:Female to Lose Toolbag in Space

[Blice]

more like "Female to be let out of kitchen, fucks something up", amirite?

Women let out of kitchen, things go wrong..

[Blice]

They do have a kitchen on that ship, right?

Can't imagine another reason for bringing a woman up there.

Re:I was just wondering

[Anonymous Coward]

i hope it hits this particular house before the end of the year

Re:color me unsurprised

[Anonymous Coward]

I mean, really. What's a woman doing in space? She should be at home ironing a man's shirt.

Re:color me unsurprised

[Strep]

Maybe if the bag were branded gucci or coach, she would have been a bit more careful?

Re:I was just wondering

[arth1]

Stuff tends to happen catastrophically, and those things that don't the space walker is well trained to handle.

Not that well trained, if they can't handle a minor bag incident without losing equipment.

Women *sigh*

[chemosh6969]

At least there was a man around that isn't going to spray grease all over his tools and then let them all float away. Reminds me of the videos when a fire department was forced to lower test requirements to allow weaker women and the video showed they couldn't do the job.