[randog]

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.

[Red Badger]

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.......

[Nathan Zachary]

"There's gotta be some universal law governing this phenomenon."

It's called "Murphy's law" Anything that can go wrong- will.