Astronaut Who Lost Tool Bag Admits Mistake

The astronaut who lost her tool bag on a spacewalk admits she made a mistake and says she should have checked to make sure it was tied down. Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper called it "very disheartening" in an interview with The Associated Press. (Nov. 19)

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[mugwamp4]

THEY NEEDED A PRADA LABEL ON THAT BAG SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE LET IT GO

[wyldeman0O7]

Lol she's so full of shit. 1st thing she does is blame it on someone else (typical woman), then she lies saying she was "cleaning", yeah we saw the video, you were doing no such thing! Then she shoved it forcefully to the left, jettisoning into the vastness of space. There goes not only the material cost of the tools, but the extra time and resources it took to complete the extended spacewalk. Why are women put in charge? I'm not even mad.

[rdhr151]

i'm about tired of these fucking ads before every fuckin video

[powguys]

Yea that's what we need...more space junk!

[estripp420]

so you thought putting it to the side it would just you know sit there on the invisible kitchen counter?

[miamisburg1985]

woooooooooooooomes ;-) .. Just dont let her fly the shuttle...

[ripcurl010]

she wanted to dance around it 

[XxXAUTOXxX]

She got frustrated and started fucking up.

THEN she starts shoving stuff around.

THEN she immediately blames someone else.

She should have been jettisoned into the atmosphere...

[poolehart]

biggest kitchen ever!

[khatoum]

For the people who excuse this as an accident, watch it again. Astronauts are the highest trained professionals on the planet. This is no small piece of equipment that she lost control of. She casually moves the bag aside like its on her workbench expecting it to stay where she left it. Its elementary physics. And consider the myriad of lowly paid, on the ground, who put her up there. The same sort of mistake might have killed them all on the launch pad. Show some respect Heidi!

[Albukhshi]

and for the record: yes, it is expensive to lose shit in space, so I can at least understand and sympathize with people's annoyance at this. but then again, we've been doing that more or less deliberately for 50 years and more. why else would we have "space junk"? it's just jettisoned rocket parts, garbage, the occasional bolts, even "dead" satellites.

[Albukhshi]

it was an accident. big deal.