# Is anything you do in space newsworthy?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anything-you-do-in-space-newsworthy/76987>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 19, 2001, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anything-you-do-in-space-newsworthy/76987 "2001-08-19T06:15:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![choosybeggar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@choosybeggar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choosybeggar)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anything-you-do-in-space-newsworthy/76987/1 "2001-08-19T06:15:16Z")

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I logged onto my Yahoo homepage this evening and saw the following article:

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> [Discovery Astronauts Lay Cable in Long Spacewalk](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010818/sc/space_shuttle_dc_27.html)

Shouldn’t NASA shorten the spacewalks to prevent future embarassing incidents?

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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anything-you-do-in-space-newsworthy/76987/2 "2001-08-19T18:46:57Z")

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I recently layed enough cable to wire my new office, and that didn’t make the news.

I need a better agent. I think.

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**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anything-you-do-in-space-newsworthy/76987/3 "2001-08-19T19:41:33Z")

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Back here on Earth I once saw the newspaper headline:

Shell Found On Beach.