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Astronauts Lose Bolt During Spacewalk
AP via Breitbart.com ^
| 9/12/06
| MIKE SCHNEIDER
Posted on 09/12/2006 9:18:38 AM PDT by RedCell
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Sounds like a business opportunity for the Home Depot.
Tanner: "Oh shoot... I just lost the last bolt"
Heidemarie: "No problem. I'll just make a run down to the Space Depot for a couple more. Need anything else"
Tanner: "Yeah, a few thousand rolls of duct tape and some bailing wire would be good. And can you swing by Starbucks for an espresso while you're at it?"
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posted on
09/12/2006 9:18:38 AM PDT
by
RedCell
To: RedCell
Must have been one of those "Oh,crap" moments.
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posted on
09/12/2006 9:23:28 AM PDT
by
paulcissa
(Only YOU can prevent liberalism.)
To: RedCell
While the washer went out into space safely, Tanner worried the bolt and spring could get into the truss's wiring and tubing and causing problems.Thus proving that dropped hardware will settle in the most inaccessible spot both on earth and in space. There's gotta be some universal law governing this phenomenon.
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posted on
09/12/2006 9:24:31 AM PDT
by
randog
(What the...?!)
To: RedCell
I hate when that happens. I remember once dropping a tiny metal clip down into an intake manifold. After I did it, I understood why they're called "Jesus clips." I found it, though, after pulling the manifold.
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posted on
09/12/2006 9:25:06 AM PDT
by
MineralMan
(Non-evangelical Atheist)
To: RedCell
Dag.
That's what we make idiot cords for.
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posted on
09/12/2006 9:25:25 AM PDT
by
roaddog727
(Bullsh## doesn't get bridges built.)
To: RedCell
Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
What is the country of origin for that name (not the piper part - he's her step Dad)
Heide Marie is swiss/french origin, but Stefanyshyn?
Just curious.
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posted on
09/12/2006 9:25:26 AM PDT
by
TimesDomain
(When a judge declares himself "MASTER", you become his "SLAVE")
To: paulcissa
This is the kind of thing that makes EVA still a learning exercise. Oh, well, they lose stuff inside the ISS all the time.
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posted on
09/12/2006 9:25:58 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: RedCell
I hate when that happens - I hope they don't try and change the oil ...
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posted on
09/12/2006 9:26:34 AM PDT
by
11th_VA
To: RedCell
So he dropped a nut or he's got a screw loose?
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posted on
09/12/2006 9:27:08 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Peace begins in the womb.)
To: RedCell
Makes me feel better. It always happens to me.
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posted on
09/12/2006 9:28:08 AM PDT
by
Raycpa
To: RedCell
OK! Time for a FOD walk. Every one fingertip to shoulder.
I'll stand over here and Bob, you go over there by the moon.
Baby steps people!
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posted on
09/12/2006 9:29:40 AM PDT
by
avg_freeper
(Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
To: TimesDomain
Probably Russian or Ukrainian. It's more commonly spelled with "i" instead of "y", and is a derivation from Stephanish or Stephanich.
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posted on
09/12/2006 9:29:59 AM PDT
by
MineralMan
(Non-evangelical Atheist)
To: RedCell
Whew! At least it wasn't mine.
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posted on
09/12/2006 9:30:19 AM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: RedCell
The Mighty Mag Parts Tray would solve their problems.........
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posted on
09/12/2006 9:30:33 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is Castro dead yet?........)
To: RedCell
Tanner: "Yeah, a few thousand rolls of duct tape and some bailing wire would be good. And can you swing by Starbucks for an espresso while you're at it?" If you see a Stuckey's, get me a pecan log.
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posted on
09/12/2006 9:30:39 AM PDT
by
Drawsing
(The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
To: RedCell
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posted on
09/12/2006 9:31:32 AM PDT
by
Ol' Dan Tucker
(Karen Ryan reporting...)
To: RedCell
Discovery spacewalkers lost a 14-inch-long spatula
Pancakes in space!
To: RedCell
In July, Discovery spacewalkers lost a 14-inch-long spatula that floated away.
I thought NASA told them not to cook in space.
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posted on
09/12/2006 9:32:20 AM PDT
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: randog
It's called
Murphy's Law of Universal Gravitation.
It states:
A dropped part will always roll (or in this case float) to the farthest, mos inaccessible place and/or to where it can cause the most damage.......
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posted on
09/12/2006 9:33:06 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is Castro dead yet?........)
To: RedCell
Whoopsy... They'll need one super-duper-light-year-long magnet to pick up that bolt.
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