Lost In Space: Astronaut Lost $100K Tool Bag during Spacewalk

1. Marina
   November 26th, 2008 at 4:06 am

   WAH WAH

2. Ray
   November 26th, 2008 at 6:11 am

   Not lost; just hard to reach... It's been spotted:
   http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/543342

3. Charles
   November 26th, 2008 at 6:16 am

   They can pay me $100K to help develop my revolutionary idea

   I like to call it a “tool belt”

4. Robolasse
   November 26th, 2008 at 6:29 am

   I wonder what the alien archeologists will think in a few thousand years after discovering the tool bag orbiting the planet.

5. ted
   November 26th, 2008 at 7:37 am

   That's coming outta your pay.

6. Leif
   November 26th, 2008 at 9:28 am

   Maybe that's what the meteorite in Edmonton, Canada was.
   Don't you just hate it when your fingers graze but you can't grab?

7. Rocky Rook
   November 26th, 2008 at 9:47 am

   Now they can't turn their pee to water to get peeter (see http://www.addictionary.org/words/13188/13895/peeter)

8. Leon
   November 26th, 2008 at 10:10 am

   And knowing government procurement policies, that $100k bought a fancy Dewalt electric screwdriver (in official NASA silver finish), a $10k hammer, 2 screwdrivers and a crescent wrench.

9. Gail Pink
   November 26th, 2008 at 11:04 am

   Geezus, how retarded. Why wasn't this bag tethered to something to prevent just such a totally dumb move? DUH!

10. Justin
    November 26th, 2008 at 11:14 am

    Actually using tools in space with a suit like that is a miracle in itself. The gloves themselves are so bulky and thick you can't even use regular tools. Add near 0 gravity and you got yourself a recipe for disaster.

    I wouldn't be surprised if it has happened before.

11. Frau
    November 26th, 2008 at 11:18 am

    Yes. They should have included to rope and a carbiner in that tool bag.
    When I go up on the roof - I tether the tool bag.

    How embarassing though. that is something she will proably not live down.

12. Johnny Cat
    November 26th, 2008 at 12:09 pm

    Shortly after he lost it, this happened.

    Coincidence? I think not.

13. Chandrielle
    November 26th, 2008 at 1:44 pm

    I just read yesterday about how it was "found" and ended up on eBay but now I can't find the link. They had a picture of the actual ad and all the stuff in it. Of course, eBay has removed the auction, but I'm sure you can google it and someone will have a screencap.

14. Chunk
    November 26th, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    Hey there it goes: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a99_1227596773

15. Psychotic_Chimp
    November 26th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    Short story. Post hoc ergo propter hoc is a logical fallacy (after therefore because of). Tool bag != Canadian meteorite.

    Read Phil Plait, he's awesome.

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/23/canadian-fir eball-was-not-the-iss-toolbag/

16. DOJ
    November 26th, 2008 at 6:17 pm

    Every time I see this I'm baffled. What did she think would happen when she flicked the bag aside?

17. seekshelter
    November 26th, 2008 at 6:50 pm

    sadly... im related(by marriage) to someone that tried to sell part of the toilet he found from when that shuttle exploded...

18. Ali S.
    November 27th, 2008 at 12:25 am

    Man, what a waste of money. That's coming out of your pension!

19. Justin
    November 27th, 2008 at 1:41 am

    sounds bogus to me chandrielle. First off the ISS is something like 250 miles from the ground so it would take quite some time to enter the atmosphere even if it was at a steep angle. Second, do you think the bag would survive re-entry and not spill the tools all over while whizzing through the air?

20. vero4902
    November 29th, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    Fail! Why wasn't it attached? Out in space, no gravity... hello?

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