[TylerBakersGonnaBGreat]

HOUSTON — A spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of her tool bag Tuesday after a grease gun inside it exploded, and helplessly watched as the tote and everything inside floated away.

It was one of the largest items ever to be lost by a spacewalker, and occurred during an unprecedented attempt to clean and lube a gummed-up joint on a solar panel.

Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper was just starting to work on the joint when the mishap occurred.

She said her grease gun exploded, getting the dark gray stuff all over a camera and her gloves. While wiping off herself, the white, backpack-size bag slipped out of her grip, and she lost all her other tools.

"Oh, great," she mumbled.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,453845,00.html

[PAmedic]

There's a reason God and Bob Jones said They should stay in the kitchen






Countdown to Flamin' Chick eruption in 3, 2, 1...

[TylerBakersGonnaBGreat]

Countdown to Flamin' Chick eruption in 3, 2, 1...

Was that a sexual reference?



(Ill try to take some of the heat off of you)

[PAmedic]

oh yes, that was much better.

thanks for the assistance

[LUconn]

sometimes I wonder if you realize that this is a public messageboard and not your dorm.

[TylerBakersGonnaBGreat]

sometimes I wonder if you realize that this is a public messageboard and not your dorm.

Me?

[justagirl]

There's a reason God and Bob Jones said They should stay in the kitchen

HAHA. we do make significantly less mistakes in the kitchen then elsewhere, now don't we?

[TylerBakersGonnaBGreat]

Amen?

[Ed Dantes]

When I first saw this, I said, 'Holy cow! We have female astronauts?'

[justagirl]

When I first saw this, I said, 'Holy cow! We have female astronauts?'

this was a fluke. she was supposed to be there solely to prepare their food. she snuck out trying to do a man's job, and failed miserably. she clearly should have stayed in the kitchen!

[Fumblerooskies]

What the article does NOT say...is that she passed one of the external mirrors on the station and stopped to put on make-up...and dropped the tools as a result.

[ATrain]

You're all just sexist pigs

*note dripping sarcasm*