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Spacewalk Snafu: Astronauts Lose Tool
Bag in Orbital Oopsy

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Posted By: Beardo, 11/3/2023 2:04:24 PM

NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara concluded their spacewalk today at 2:47 p.m. EST after 6 hours and 42 minutes. (snip) During the activity, one tool bag was inadvertently lost. Flight controllers spotted the tool bag using external station cameras. The tools were not needed for the remainder of the spacewalk. Mission Control analyzed the bag’s trajectory and determined that risk of recontacting the station is low and that the onboard crew and space station are safe with no action required.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 11/3/2023 2:09:35 PM (No. 1591132)
Oh dear..... where did I leave my purse?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: pixelero 11/3/2023 2:13:53 PM (No. 1591138)
…was gonna post something like, “Oops, yup; don’t loan a chick your tools,” and was pondering the appropriate disclaimer to stave off the torch and ax brigade but then I read your post #1 lol 😆 and called myself safe…
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Reply 3 - Posted by: sw penn 11/3/2023 2:18:24 PM (No. 1591140)
Do they have to pay for it?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Catherine 11/3/2023 2:21:38 PM (No. 1591142)
Okay, I laughed. How do you lose a tool bag in space?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: clipped wings 11/3/2023 2:38:36 PM (No. 1591155)
Okay, I’m being picky, but: #1, what was in the “tool bag”? #2, what was the value? #3, why, if it wasn’t necessary, was it taken outside? #4, why wasn’t it attached to the station, or an astronaut? Seems like sloppy operations for such a demanding environment.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: DVC 11/3/2023 2:39:33 PM (No. 1591156)
I've dropped wrenches before, but they never fell that far. It happens. Maybe a leash on the tool bag?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: cor-vet 11/3/2023 2:48:57 PM (No. 1591173)
Two women and a lost toolbag. Too easy, I'll pass!
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Reply 8 - Posted by: saralee 11/3/2023 3:27:34 PM (No. 1591204)
Guess they’re gonna have to take a man with them in the future 😆. Haha, written by a woman 😁.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Fireboy 11/3/2023 3:45:18 PM (No. 1591208)
Maybe can vote on which tool bag can be the next one we lose up in space. I’ll choose Schiff
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Bison65 11/3/2023 3:52:08 PM (No. 1591212)
What next? One female astronaut traveling thousands of miles to murder another while wearing diapers.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter 11/3/2023 3:58:49 PM (No. 1591219)
Mission Control analyzed the bag’s trajectory and determined that risk of recontacting the station is low and that the onboard crew and space station are safe with no action required. Well, of course not since everything is orbiting in the same direction at the same speed. But woe be anything else in the path of an bag of metal tools flying unguided at 17,000 mph. And as others have correctly asked - where was the tag line? Not just for the bag but every tool in it?
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Kate318 11/3/2023 4:03:43 PM (No. 1591222)
Way to make us all look good, ladies.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Bur Oak 11/3/2023 4:19:38 PM (No. 1591233)
Lanyards anyone? Meanwhile SpaceX launches rockets weekly.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Birddog 11/3/2023 5:16:50 PM (No. 1591264)
Guaranteed...the 10mm wrench was in that bag. I built tall scaffolds, radio and and cell towers, at ANY elevation above 5 ft tools are all required to be tethered, Federal OSHA Laws.This is above 5ft...they committed a federal violation. It's not as if they can hop down to Homedepot and grab a spare/replacement.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Strike3 11/3/2023 5:18:17 PM (No. 1591267)
Jasmin and Loral? This story tells itself. NASA is officially woke and stupid.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Venturer 11/3/2023 5:37:06 PM (No. 1591280)
Looks like someone will be taking a trip to Harbor Freight when they get back
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Reply 17 - Posted by: Hazymac 11/3/2023 6:30:00 PM (No. 1591315)
Lose the wenches who lost the wrenches. Send 'em back to earth and deduct the tool kit from their pay.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: caljeepgirl 11/3/2023 6:50:58 PM (No. 1591318)
Exactly, #15. Hiring ladies to do a man's job rarely works out well....
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Reply 19 - Posted by: JHHolliday 11/3/2023 6:51:01 PM (No. 1591319)
Harbor Freight, #16? If I know our government, that was probably a fifty million dollar toolbag.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: ms1234 11/3/2023 7:09:24 PM (No. 1591329)
If the bag was labeled Gucci, they wouldn't have lost their grip on it or even out of their sight!
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Reply 21 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 11/3/2023 7:19:26 PM (No. 1591336)
This is why I always hire men to do men's work. Women suck at it (and I'm a woman who admittedly sucks at things men do well).
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Reply 22 - Posted by: Gordon Mills 11/3/2023 8:00:13 PM (No. 1591369)
#6, in which direction is 'fall'? Or is it in any or all directions?
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Reply 23 - Posted by: red1066 11/3/2023 8:20:38 PM (No. 1591379)
Big news yesterday from Nasa about two women doing a spacewalk together for the first time, and what happens. They lose a tool bag. It probably cost tens of thousands of dollars for those tools.
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Reply 24 - Posted by: DVC 11/3/2023 10:42:22 PM (No. 1591448)
'I just put my purse down for a minute....'
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Reply 25 - Posted by: Rumblehog 11/4/2023 12:19:32 AM (No. 1591487)
NASA these days is a joke. They have totally lost 'the right stuff', as far as any sane American is concerned. I just saw today how they were crowing about this being the first "all female crew" into space, like it's a huge win for the estrogen league. A couple of hours later and this happens. Watch as this gets swept under the rug as adding to low earth orbit space debris is "no big deal." I beg to differ, so let these clowns explain it to the press when orbital collisions occur.
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Reply 26 - Posted by: mifla 11/4/2023 3:53:58 AM (No. 1591539)
Fast forward several years later. Elon Musk's first interplanetary launch had to be called off when the Mars bound spaceship ran into unexpected debris.
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Reply 27 - Posted by: cheeflo 11/4/2023 11:19:09 AM (No. 1591742)
Not a very good showing for the first all-female spacewalk.
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Reply 28 - Posted by: montwoodcliff 11/4/2023 11:25:28 AM (No. 1591749)
It looks like all of you posters were reading my mind. I can only add..."a sexist would s-a-a-a-a-y!"
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