Spacewalk Aborted When Water Fills Astronaut's Helmet

astroengine writes "A planned six-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station came to a dramatic and abrupt end on Tuesday when water started building up inside the helmet of Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano. Parmitano and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy were less than an hour into their spacewalk, their second in a week, when Parmitano reported that his head felt wet. 'My head is really wet and I have a feeling it's increasing,' Parmitano reported to ground control teams at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Parmitano returned safely to the space station interior, but the cause of the leak was not immediately known."

Comments

Close call

[dadelbunts]

Would have sucked to be the first person to drown in outer space.

Re:Close call

[plover]

Parmitano: "Hey, I gotta leak in my helmet!"
Cassidy: "Go ahead. It's your helmet."

Re:Close call

[SilentStaid]

In space, no one can hear the woosh.

Terrible.

[philip.paradis]

This story is all wet, but at least it holds its water.

Thanks Obama

[Ceriel Nosforit]

What will the government do to stop these leaks?!

I suspect DHMO contamination

[philip.paradis]

I've been trying to warn the public about the inherent dangers of DHMO for years, but my cries have fallen on deaf ears. Perhaps someone at NASA will listen now.

What does it smell like in a space suit?

[stevegee58]

Depends.

Fills....

[Crudely_Indecent]

Fills... I do not think it means what you think it means.

The Waters of Mars

[gregthebunny]

They're a few decades early... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waters_of_Mars