I just heard the news and again they were discussing the astronaut that let her tool bag float away while working on the space station. It is reported to have cost a hundred thousand dollars. This has me thinking of so many questions my leetle head hurts.
Number one, When you are going to send a bag of tools up with a bunch of super geeks to work on things in zero gravity, wouldn’t you consider that maybe it would be good to have something on the bag of tools to tie it off with. I mean it just seems like it would make working on the space station go much smoother to be able to use both hands instead of one holding the bag and one the tool. I think NASA needs to hire me to speak for the moral practical majority. I have tons of good advise for them.
As for the cost of that bag of tools, I’m thinking… Makita? Snap On? I mean I cannot conceive of any brand of tools that costs as much as they spent OR couldn’t do what needs to be done in outer space.
So where DO they shop for tools? Or was it the bag? If it was the actual bag that costs that much I’m guessing it’s from a high dollar store on 5th Avenue and a knock-off can be found on Harwin here in Houston for a teeny, tiny fraction of the cost.
When NASA hires me that is going to be the first thing I reccomend.
If this much incompetence isn’t enough, when the news guy was finishing up the story he pointed out that the Space Station had been a temporary home for 10 years to people from 15 different continents.
I’ve done what I can and now give up.
I thought “new math” was confusing. This new geography really has me confused. How did we create new continents? Or, are they counting some in space known only to the astronauts?
Of course, my misogynist husband managed to make sure I knew it was the WOMAN who lost the bag of tools. Then I hit him with my pipe wrench.
Oh, didn’t you know? Haliburton made the tools. That’s whay they cost so much.
Well, that’s my theory anyway.
I always wonder where they get the prices for these things, I mean $100K for a tool bag and some grease guns? I think I’m in the wrong business.
Oh, and I know that you meant fifteen countries, right?
I would have said 15 countries! Unfortunately the news guy said 15 continents…Hence, my disillusionment with the local media.
Dude, I think there is a job in the White House with La-Lopez written all over it. And your post yesterday made me almost pee my pants. I LOVE politically incorrect humor!
didn’t nasa invent velcro?
i think the issue would be more the fact that it would cost like 50 mil to get fedex out there with a replacement set.
Please don’t tell me your disillusionment started with the “15 Continents”…
*snort*
I think she was supposed to have attached the tool bag but failed to remember to do it. I’m surprised her quote over the intercom wasn’t more … um … colorful than it was.
I can’t believe she failed to remember the effects of NO GRAVITY on the tool bag. But that’s just one more reason for NASA to hire me…
Wow… what a critic! From what I read they do have tethers in place for that stuff, it’s just that she failed to tie them down or DID tie them down but didn’t do it well enough. Seems simple enough, yes, but imagine the thousand other things she has think about. First and foremost keeping HERSELF tied down and staying alive.
As far as the $10K, I’m sure they’re not only taking into account the cost of the tools and the bag, but also the cost of fuel that it took to get that exact weight up there to begin with. No to mention the man-hours it took to calibrate, inspect and go through all the sterilization procedures before the launch.
And finally, relating this (expensive) mistake to smarts? You may want to brush up on your geography and learn the difference between “advise” and “advice” before you point too many fingers! hahaha
I can understand the need to pay attention to whether I’m typing advise or advice, but why are you inferring that I need to brush up on geography? Surely not my inability to locate 15 different continents?
“Your PunkAss Brother”…..Bwahahahahaha!!!! *snort*
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