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Originally posted by siren8
Well, as far away as it was it must have been pretty big. Not a hand tool. It could have been a pack and the two round arms would have been the straps to tie it on the body. But to have lost a pack? The guys doing the video would have known if an astronaut had to take off a pack for some reason. Certainly they would know if it had been lost.
I agree it seems strange that the people taking the video had no idea what it was. Do they not have to hang up thier equipment when they come back inside? Someone lost a whole piece of a government uniform and didn't notice? I agree that seems odd because those suits are probably made to fit. If someone lost a whole pack surely they would have been like, "darn I lost my pack". That space staion is not big enough for people to really avoid each other, unless they work whole different shifts,
That is the most likely scenario. The guy on first shift lost something and no one told the next shift. That kind of stuff happens in a work place all the time.
Originally posted by Seekeye2
Originally posted by siren8
Well, as far away as it was it must have been pretty big. Not a hand tool. It could have been a pack and the two round arms would have been the straps to tie it on the body. But to have lost a pack? The guys doing the video would have known if an astronaut had to take off a pack for some reason. Certainly they would know if it had been lost.
I agree it seems strange that the people taking the video had no idea what it was. Do they not have to hang up thier equipment when they come back inside? Someone lost a whole piece of a government uniform and didn't notice? I agree that seems odd because those suits are probably made to fit. If someone lost a whole pack surely they would have been like, "darn I lost my pack". That space staion is not big enough for people to really avoid each other, unless they work whole different shifts,
That is the most likely scenario. The guy on first shift lost something and no one told the next shift. That kind of stuff happens in a work place all the time.
I agree - but this isn't a standard work place and every tool in their pocession would be worth a whole lot of money and more importantly would be vital for many tasks. I just can't accept that it would not have been commented on.
but this isn't a standard work place and every tool in their pocession would be worth a whole lot of money and more importantly would be vital for many tasks.
Originally posted by JimOberg
Since there's a spacewalk going on -- note somebody's legs -- and there hasn't been one for weeks, it's not a current view.
Despite Losing Tools, Cosmonauts Complete Spacewalk
The spacewalkers were en route to a work site on the station's Zvezda module, carrying reels of cables they planned to wire up to the station's Rassvet (Russian for "Dawn") research room. The cosmonauts speculated that the lost item was a tool to secure the cables in place once they are installed. If so, the loss isn't serious. "All right, very good, we're probably going to be using wire anyway to attach," a spacewalker said. About an hour later, another unidentified item accidentally floated off into space. This small object appeared to be a washer.
Originally posted by Seekeye2
So do we simply ignore the comments made?
Originally posted by manontrial
reply to post by Seekeye2
Most likel space-junk, something they've dropped or a hoax/faked video. Would be primo if it's something extra-terestrial though, especially on the very last shuttle mission.