Astronaut Heidemarie “Butterfingers” Stefanyshyn-Piper loses toolbag during spacewalk.
In watching the video, it looks to me like she absentmindedly tried to “set” the bag aside while she was messing around with the larger bag and since there was nothing to keep it in place, it decided to go exploring. Wonder if they’ll take it out her pay? 
They can slice it anyway they want to. Still spells “Dumbass” to me.
The story I read had something about the grease gun exploding, so she was trying to clean the grease off her glove. I’m willing to cut her a little slack.
I’ve rebuilt engines that came from a scrap yard into fine running machines that ran like a swiss timepiece. I would compare this to dropping a nut down an intake. I’m glad the person that did it doesn’t think it’s a big deal, and aparently NASA doesn’t either. Lets see what happens when that tool bag takes out a military satelite that keeps an eye on our war birds. Fuck her glove. Thats what gloves are for.
Unless said blob of grease landed on a camera lens I’m not feeling it.
And excuse the living hell out of me for holding an ASTRONAUT to a higher standard than a tard like me.
It’s not the first time an astronaut drops something during a spacewalk. During a spacewalk a couple years ago, the swedish astronaut C. Fuglesang lost an extension for his pistol grip tool. I’m sure there are more such examples, however, this was probably the first time a complete bag was lost.
I’m a bit surprised that so many of these USN astronauts are at O-6. From her USN career track, she was likely the chief diver for the Navy prior to her acceptance at NASA. But still …
From this, it appears that she had the bag tethered, but that the tether failed. It’s not so bad as if she had just forgotten to even tether them.
I guess its so counter-intuitive to work in zero/micro-gravitiy that people just make this kind of mistakes from time to time. She probably was focused on whatever it was she did, and just set the bag aside for a moment - like the old “look at you watch and spill you beer” - routine. Wasn’t there an interview were an astronaut explained how he dropped pens and coffee pots after a long mission, because he was used to that stuff just floating around after he let go?
If it isn’t a thread for the ISS or a nearby satellite (They hit a bloody golf ball from the station. Objects near can’t be so dangerous.), I’d say “shit happens”. NASA sure has a plan for this, like “5% of the tools in Orbit become unuseable every mission” or something.
Do you have any idea how much other junk is floating out there, or the likelihood that this toolbag would collide with anything, let alone a military satellite? Apparently not, or you wouldn’t have made such a stupid statement.
I thought he was being facetious.
She just saw a great deal on some shoes and just had to have them. Ow,ow! I’m mostly kidding ladies.
It was the start of the EVA. The grease gun in her bag was getting grease on all the other tools. So she had to clean the stuff in there to use them.
I just love the “Oh great” as she realizes the tools are lost.
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The news article I read says that the bag may have been improperly stowed from the get-go. I’m giving her the benefit of the doubt.
Actually I do. Ever hear of this website?http://science.nasa.gov/RealTime/JTrack/? Load it up. The sheer number of satellites alone is astounding. And I’m pretty sure these are just the ones we’re allowed to know about.
As the shuttle orbits the earth at about 17,000 miles an hour one bolt traveling that fast could make a mess out of anything it hits, not to mention what a bag full of tools would do. . But you’re right, a stupid statement at best.
Our local radio station was reporting this story yesterday, saying “It had to be a girl astronaut” who would lose the toolbag.
Ahem. :dubious:
We are in Central Florida. Most of us can see the shuttle launch from our yards.
I have seen some doozie male screw-ups too.
I was less than pleased, to say the least.
Slight hijack. Given the absurd probability that I recovered the tool bag and could prove that it was the real deal, how much would I get for it on eBay? Admitted, it would go to Sotheby’s long before it made a listing on eBay.
I’m thinking the actual value would be in the 50k range as nothing in it was off the shelf from Sears. But the fact that it was so publicly “lost in space” will literally make it a one of a kind.
Just hypothetical of couse. There’s no way I could have a private launch facility hidden in a dormant volcano in the Mediteranian.
Given the difficulties faced by folks who recovered Columbia debris, I’d say arrested.
It’s the relative velocity that matters. And anyhow, it will re-enter in a few weeks or months. Really nothing to worry about, as the USAF is already traking at least 13,000 objects, and there’s over half a million objects larger than 1 cm. You can get your panties n a twist if you want.
My panties (pink if you must know) are fine. Bottom line, too late to do shit about it now. Same can be said for the second it happened. I must be old, but when I fuck something up I buck the fuck up and take responsibility. I don’t start with the lame excuses.
Such is the difference between adults and children.
Rocket scientist are you? Must be a bitch figuring out all those trajectories and such. Hope you’re getting the big bucks.