Astronaut Loses Tools While Performing an EVA 445
tpheiska writes "NASA press release states that 'At approx. 3:33 p.m. EST, Piper reported that one of the Braycote lubrication guns had released grease into her toolbag. As she was cleaning the bag and wiping the tools and equipment inside, the bag floated away. Another bag carrying identical equipment is now being shared by Piper and Bowen.' Luckily they had a spare."
Laurel & Hardy? (Score:5, Funny)
As she was cleaning the bag and wiping the tools and equipment inside, the bag floated away. Another bag carrying identical equipment is now being shared by Piper and Bowen.
Do we have any humorous black & white silent space footage of this skit?
... add some hokey 1920's ragtime music to the it, speed it up just unnaturally fast and they just might be sitting on a viral video here!
...
Seriously, NASA's gotta come up with financing somehow
Come on, it practically writes itself:
Setting: Exterior of shuttle.
A lanky beanpole Bowen discovers that grease has been dispensed into her bag. Not wanting to alert the portly Bowen and face his wrath, she quickly empties the contents of the bag to wipe them off. As she cleans each tool, she sets it back down on the shuttle but soon realizes that they merely float back up. She rotates through each tool, setting it back on the shuttle but forgets about the bag! Bowen hears the heavy breathing in his earpiece and turns around in time to see the bag floating away while Piper is pre-occupied with the tools. He scowls and makes a move for the bag but slips on grease and tumbles out into space, tethered only by his life support
color me unsurprised (Score:0, Funny)
that's why I don't trust my bag to any woman
Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I was just wondering (Score:2, Funny)
damn it whats wrong with me (Score:5, Funny)
"guns had released grease into her toolbag ..."
Typical woman (Score:5, Funny)
More interested in cleaning stuff than getting on with the job! :o)
Re:color me unsurprised (Score:4, Funny)
Not even when it's coated with lube?
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Re:color me unsurprised (Score:2, Funny)
that's why I don't trust my bag to any other woman
fixed it for ya.
Wow (Score:4, Funny)
Sleep time (Score:3, Funny)
Man, that's a pretty damn regimented sleep time. I guess there's no quickly checking /. before bed.
Uhm ... what? (Score:4, Funny)
"lubrication guns had released grease into her toolbag"
Am i really the only one who thought of porn when reading this? I hope not.
Re:And THIS is why (Score:2, Funny)
Hey! That's not true. Executive Assistant comes to mind.
"Tim the Toolman" does not have a caddy of accessories to keep his stuff in place
He wears a toolbelt, which is attached to his waist...
Should've seen it coming (Score:2, Funny)
Porn? (Score:3, Funny)
lubrication guns had released grease into her toolbag. As she was cleaning the bag and wiping the tools and equipment inside
This is the most obscene thing I've ever read here.
Re:I was just wondering (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I was just wondering (Score:2, Funny)
And in today's episode of "learning the internet" (Score:4, Funny)
Google [google.com] or Wiki [wikipedia.org], Ctrl-F, "astronaut", Enter.
Re:Why did it have to be a woman... (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah. I actually have mod points today, but I can't find the option for "-1, pathetic bigotry".
Sexism != bigotry
Gr*sr (Score:4, Funny)
So can we look forward to a sentient grease gun arriving back in Earth orbit some time in the future demanding to speak to the head mechanic?
Re:I was just wondering (Score:3, Funny)
Guys, this isn't changing the oil on your car.
They actually were changing the oil on my car, which just so happens to be in space, you insensitive clod!
Re:I was just wondering (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I was just wondering (Score:4, Funny)
/
And gravity sucks...look up 'Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica'.
Re:Wow (Score:3, Funny)
I think this might be the most sexist slashdot discussion I've ever seen.
What's really sad is that some moderator chose to mod you funny. Imagine if someone wrote "Wow, I think that country has the highest rate of genocide I've ever seen" and then got modded to +5, Funny.
Re:I was just wondering (Score:4, Funny)
Are you trying to hit the Earth?
Try firing your rifle directly opposite the direction of your ship's orbit.
You would get faster results if you upgrade your rifle to one which can fire at the same speed as your ship's speed."
Re:I was just wondering (Score:3, Funny)
You get bonus points and extra helpings. They send out a second astronaut to see what happened to the first, and then a third to see what happened to the second...
Radio silence (Score:5, Funny)
Mission Control: ... "
"And so, the world waits and listens, as the brave astronauts consider how to spend their last few hours of precious life. We can no longer communicate with the heroic crew, but we have one last audio feed still working. We can hear them, but tragically, they can't hear us
Audio feed: ..."
"Chuck?"
"Yeah, Tony?"
"We're gonna die, ain't we?"
"Yeah, Tony. We are."
"Is there anything you really wished you'd tried, just once, when you had the chance?"
"A few things, Tony. Yeah. A few."
"Have you ever wondered what, like, it'd be like to 'do it' with another guy? Because
Mission Control:
"Aaargh! Aargh! Noooooo! Turn it OFF!"
Re:I was just wondering (Score:1, Funny)
...the dying astronaut might be able to say what it was before dying....
...My God.. It's full of stars...
Re:I was just wondering (Score:1, Funny)
who's to say the rest of the crew can't hear you? the comment said HOUSTON...
if something were to happen, the only thing that matters is the people CLOSEST to you, not the ones hundreds of miles away