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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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To: FrankR
But this is a SPACE CAULKING GUN.........You can’t find one of those at Home Depot!.....;^)
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:24:46 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: elpadre
plan ahead - BE PREPARED
" That's the Boy Scouts marching song
Be Prepared as thru life you march along
Don't solicit for your sister
that's not nice
unless you get a fair percentage of her price
Be prepared, to hide that pack of cigarettes
Don't make book if you cannot cover bets
Etc.
....TU Tom Leherer.
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:24:51 AM PST
by
Don Corleone
(Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
To: Red Badger
Don't each of the astronauts carry one of these as standard issue?
To: 6ppc
I hope this woman astronaut can at least cook.
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:27:37 AM PST
by
Rudder
(The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
To: GalaxieFiveHundred
LOL!!!....Izzat for real?.....
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:28:13 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 don’t think I’ve ever once lost a tool bag on a space walk.
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:28:17 AM PST
by
Minn
(Here is a realistic picture of the prophet: ----> ([: {()
To: Red Badger
Obama’s fault!
:-) after 8 years of the wacky left saying everything is Bush’s fault, it sure is nice to be able to blame a Dimwit.
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:29:27 AM PST
by
FreeAtlanta
(Join the Constitution Party)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:29:41 AM PST
by
Paladin2
(No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
To: Minn
Here's the lost bag drifting away..............
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:31:00 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: Paladin2
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:31:30 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: Paladin2
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:32:15 AM PST
by
Paladin2
(No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
To: Red Badger
What’s wrong with their tractor beam?
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:33:24 AM PST
by
Paladin2
(No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
To: Red Badger
This was from the Onion, right?...........
No? Just a little Operator Headspace here? NASA's gone to the dogs.
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:33:51 AM PST
by
CatoRenasci
(Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
To: Red Badger
I know what the DB stands for..........
But do you know what the “C” on Coach bags stands for???
ba-dum-cha...
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:34:05 AM PST
by
RedRightReturn
(Things are never as easy, as hard, as good, or as bad as they seem...)
To: RedRightReturn
same thing the “C” stands for twice on a Coco Chanel bag.......
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:36:00 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: Paladin2
They had to turn it off because it would affect th ozone hole............
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:37:26 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: Paladin2
Whats wrong with their tractor beam? Do you have any idea how hard it is to start a tractor in the cold void of space?
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:38:12 AM PST
by
Travis T. OJustice
(Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
To: Red Badger
Years of training, billions of dollars in the highest technology and some of the brightest minds in the world.
And this chick forgets to tether the MISSION CRITICAL tool bag!
/facepalm
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:41:24 AM PST
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(There are 1522 days until marxist occupation ends. What are you doing to shorten the war?)
To: Dr.Zoidberg
NASA, meet VELCRO...............
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:43:56 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 got fired once when my tool bag got STOLEN. What about her?
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:44:11 AM PST
by
VanShuyten
("Ah! but it was something to have at least a choice of nightmares.")
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