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Lost tool bag forces changes to planned spacewalks
My Way News ^
| 11-19-2008
| By MIKE SCHNEIDER
Posted on 11/19/2008 7:07:49 AM PST by Red Badger
Flight controllers were revamping plans Wednesday for the remaining spacewalks planned during space shuttle Endeavour's visit to the international space station, after a crucial tool bag floated out to space during a repair trip.
The briefcase-sized tool bag drifted away from astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper on Tuesday as she cleaned and lubed a gummed-up joint on a wing of solar panels on the space station. She and fellow astronaut Stephen Bowen were midway through the first of four spacewalks planned for the mission. The tool bag was one of the largest items ever lost by a spacewalker.
As Stefanyshyn-Piper cleaned up a large gob of grease that seeped from a gun used to lubricate the joint, the tool case somehow became untethered from a larger bag and floated away along with a pair of grease guns, wipes and a putty knife attached to it.
"What it boils down to is all it takes is one small mistake for a tether not to be hooked up quite correctly or to slip off, and that's what happened here," said lead spacewalk officer John Ray.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: femaledrivers; girl; girls; girlsandscience; hormonal; notsarahpalin; ooops; purses; women; womendrivers
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To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:08:50 AM PST
by
Constitution Day
(Big Brotha Is Watching You)
To: Red Badger
Does she have to pay for it, I wonder? Maybe they will send her out to find it?
3
posted on
11/19/2008 7:09:59 AM PST
by
spiffy
To: Constitution Day
She needs one of these.............
4
posted on
11/19/2008 7:10:10 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
To: Red Badger
Hyphenated-last-name ping.
5
posted on
11/19/2008 7:11:10 AM PST
by
JOAT
To: Constitution Day
Sheesh. WOMEN! You're in trouble now!
6
posted on
11/19/2008 7:11:19 AM PST
by
6ppc
(It's torch and pitchfork time)
To: spiffy
It must have been made by Dooney & Burke. My daughter came home with one of those expensive purses with DB written all over it. I said, “I know what the DB stands for.”.........
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:11:53 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
To: Red Badger
What can go wrong will go wrong - whether you are farming or space walking - plan ahead - BE PREPARED
8
posted on
11/19/2008 7:12:34 AM PST
by
elpadre
(nation)
To: Red Badger
Did it have one of those $900 hammers in the bag?
If they had put those tools in her purse, she wouldn't have lost them.
9
posted on
11/19/2008 7:13:23 AM PST
by
FrankR
(Where's Waldo ([W]here [A]re [L]egal [D]ocuments [O]bama? (i.e. birth certificate))
To: elpadre
...plan ahead - BE PREPARED Learn to tie good knots.......
10
posted on
11/19/2008 7:13:40 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
To: Red Badger
I dunno...
I kinda like the fanny pack look.
11
posted on
11/19/2008 7:14:13 AM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: FrankR
No, just a $600 caulking gun and a $200 putty knife......
12
posted on
11/19/2008 7:14:17 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
To: FrankR
My wife won’t let me out of the house until my tool’s tethered...
13
posted on
11/19/2008 7:16:02 AM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: JOAT; Phantom Lord; Red Badger
Hyphenated-last-name ping.
The briefcase-sized tool bag drifted away from astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper on Tuesday... The tool bag was one of the largest items ever lost by a spacewalker.
I hereby refer you to Phantom Lord's Rule #1 in Life:
"Never, ever, under any circumstances, trust a woman with a hyphenated name."
To: 6ppc
Ooooh. I am so scared!
The tool bag was one of the largest items ever lost by a spacewalker.
To: Constitution Day
I hope she didn’t have the keys to the shuttle in there...........
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:19:35 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
To: Red Badger
Never let women handle tools. They always find a way to lose them.
(Ducking to avoid incoming objects.)
17
posted on
11/19/2008 7:21:04 AM PST
by
Pistolshot
("Democrats don't show respect, they just demand respect " - ClearCase_guy)
To: Red Badger
Move along, nothing to see here, simply the aliens stooping to stealing purses after their hedge fund failed.
18
posted on
11/19/2008 7:21:45 AM PST
by
kingu
(Party for rent - conservative opinions not required.)
To: Pistolshot
19
posted on
11/19/2008 7:23:14 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
To: Red Badger
"No, just a $600 caulking gun and a $200 putty knife...... "
Good! We saved a hundred bucks!
I just bought a calking gun at Home Depot for 5 bucks...but I have to use my OWN money.
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:23:25 AM PST
by
FrankR
(Where's Waldo ([W]here [A]re [L]egal [D]ocuments [O]bama? (i.e. birth certificate))
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