I suppose every handyman at one time or another has asked his wife, “Honey, have you seen my grease gun?” Well, that phrase probably wasn’t uttered in this case, but NASA astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper did indeed lose her grip on a $100,000 tool pouch while performing maintenance outside the International Space Station on Tuesday. And as they say, it simply drifted away…
The incident happened as she was cleaning up a mess from a leaky grease gun (something all earthbound handymen and women really can relate to). One would think that the brilliant minds at NASA would have anticipated something like this and taken measures to prevent it (such as tethering the bag to the astronaut), but apparently not.
I guess it just goes to show that even the brightest and best among us can make mistakes. They are only human after all. But at $100,000, what a mistake it was! Maybe next time they should simply buy their tools at Sears?
At the rate the government has been spending lately $100,000 is pocket change.
That’s true Phyllis. And unfortunately all of that money is coming out of our pockets.
Does it just make you wonder, if there is “intelligent” life out there….maybe they are just waiting for one item….the phillips screwdriver. :>}