If you’ve ever lost a bag, then you know how distressing it can be. All that stuff – gone! But take heart, at least you didn’t lose a tool bag – in space – like Endeavour astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper did about last week.
The tool bag and its content are worth about $100K, and of course NASA got it on tape! I’m a little late on this news, but for those of you who haven’t seen it, here’s the clip:
Marina
WAH WAH
Ray
Not lost; just hard to reach... It's been spotted:
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/543342
Charles
They can pay me $100K to help develop my revolutionary idea
I like to call it a “tool belt”
Robolasse
I wonder what the alien archeologists will think in a few thousand years after discovering the tool bag orbiting the planet.
ted
That's coming outta your pay.
Leif
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?
Rocky Rook
Now they can't turn their pee to water to get peeter (see http://www.addictionary.org/words/13188/13895/peeter)
Leon
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.
Gail Pink
Geezus, how retarded. Why wasn't this bag tethered to something to prevent just such a totally dumb move? DUH!
Justin
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.
Frau
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.
Johnny Cat
Shortly after he lost it, this happened.
Coincidence? I think not.
Chandrielle
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.
Chunk
Hey there it goes: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a99_1227596773
Psychotic_Chimp
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.
DOJ
Every time I see this I'm baffled. What did she think would happen when she flicked the bag aside?
seekshelter
sadly... im related(by marriage) to someone that tried to sell part of the toilet he found from when that shuttle exploded...
Ali S.
Man, what a waste of money. That's coming out of your pension!
Justin
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?
vero4902
Fail! Why wasn't it attached? Out in space, no gravity... hello?
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