EVA toolkit loss

Jeff Findley wrote:
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I wonder how much that bit of carelessness cost us taxpayers...

I don't mind my tax $$ being spent for something that's needed and I
can understand an accident or emergency, but I do mind it being thrown
away by someone who's lazy or just stupidly careless. And you know all
of those tools were custom-made at a $Million each...

You're exaggerating. The loss of a few tools is unfortunate, but people do
make mistakes. Someone forgot to fasten the toolkit inside the tool bag,
which was a mess because of a leaky grease gun.

The characterization of "lazy or just stupidly careless" is downright
offensive. There hasn't been an instance of a grease gun "exploding"
(more accurately, spewing grease all over the inside of a tool bag)
before. Heide dealt with it as professionally as possible. These things
happen. I highly doubt cfleon could have handled it any better.