WCCO: “The Minnesota astronaut who lost her tool bag on a spacewalk admitted Wednesday that she made a mistake by not checking to see if the sack was tied down, and said she’s still smarting over the whole thing.” The cost of the thing? $100,000.
Tool bags in space!
Nov 20 2008 — 10:24am
8 Reader Comments
10:35 am
And people are embarrassed by Michele Bachmann.
10:44 am
Helplessly watching a tool bag float away and fall out of orbit illustrates the lameness of our space program. Where the hell is the EVA Pod? It’s 2008!
10:58 am
Pretty sure Michele Bachmann has pissed away way over 100K of government money. Like her annual salary for instance.
11:41 am
I want to know what the heck was in the tool bag that costs $100k.
11:43 am
moon drugs
12:50 pm
On the subject of high-tech waste, I found this interesting.
Hey all you hipster, self-righteously green computer gamers: Kill your Wii!
“Video game consoles consume a “staggeringly high” amount of energy, according to a report the Natural Resources Defense Council is releasing on Wednesday. How much electricity do they use each year? About as much as it takes to power the city of San Diego.”
1:06 pm
If it’s between my Wii and San Diego, San Diego doesn’t stand a chance.
1:15 pm
Go ahead, Kurtis, waste the countries dwindling resources on a high-tech version of twiddling your thumbs.