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Old November 19th 08, 12:54 PM posted to sci.space.history,sci.space.policy
Pat Flannery
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Default EVA toolkit loss

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Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (by God, now _that's_ a name, isn't it? I
can't even pronounce the middle part) is probably going to catch hell
for not having the toolkit properly tethered to her...but if I was
EVAing and something inside my toolkit exploded, my first instinct would
be to toss that SOB as far away as possible as fast as possible. And if
it was tethered to me, I'd immediately release the tether on it.
Next question... is the toolkit going to get into some sort of odd orbit
that brings it back near the ISS from time to time?
They may want to fly it into the shuttle cargo bay (or grab it with the
Remote Manipulator Arm) and retrieve it before reentry.

Pat
 




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