Astronauts vow remaining tool bag won't drift away

November 20, 2008 By MIKE SCHNEIDER , Associated Press Writer Astronauts vow remaining tool bag won't drift away (AP)

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In this image from NASA TV, a tool kit bag, center, as seen through the helmet camera of astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, floats away from the International Space Station after she lost hold of it during a procedure during a 6 1/2-hour scheduled space walk outside the space station, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/NASA TV)

(AP) -- Astronauts vowed to double-check, even triple-check, to make sure a bag of tools is properly tied down during a spacewalk Thursday so it doesn't float away like one did earlier this week.



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  • DGBEACH - Nov 20, 2008
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    Tethered to the lost briefcase-sized bag were a pair of grease guns used to lubricate a jammed joint that controls the space station's rotating solar wing... NASA guessed it cost about $100,000.

    You'd think that a $50,000 grease gun would come with its own "return-home" propulsion system! :)
  • cirrostratus - Nov 20, 2008
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    And the bag was tethered to what?
  • Zachrey - Nov 21, 2008
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    Quick! get some string and a magnet!!! Just whip it out there and snag the bag and reel it in!
  • vlam67 - Nov 21, 2008
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    Quick! get some string and a magnet!!! Just whip it out there and snag the bag and reel it in!


    Sorry buddy, tools this expensive are not make of steel...
  • Bob_Kob - Nov 23, 2008
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    Quick! get some string and a magnet!!! Just whip it out there and snag the bag and reel it in!


    Sorry buddy, tools this expensive are not make of steel...


    lol then what? Gold?

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