That way the politically correct FEMALE Astronut would have only lost the "good china".

ANOTHER REASON, women DON'T belong in the Military or anything other than house keeping in Space. Someone pass the lady the Sponge Mop.

> "I'm sure we'll find him spinning a web sometime here in the next few days."

The big orb spiders we see around here are all female.

Or do you always speak like that?

Anything other than fixing the ISS, and doing stupid spider experiments?

A missing spider on an orbiting space station finds a tiny crack in the radiation shielding and becomes an enormous, screaming, flesh-eating monster. Godzirra in the sky...

"I'm sure we'll find him spinning a web"

Rather unlikely, as only female spiders spin webs.

says that some orb spiders are semi-social. Yet my bet ist that the were not and to avoid the embarrassment of exposed incompetence to the bio unit down on terra firma, the dry empty husk was discarded. Inside that toolbag. Which is why Piper had trouble facing her costronauts. They knew what she did out there.

Peaceful farmer knocked stiff by toolbag falling from out of a clear sky!!

As for the space spiders--well, I'm afraid there's no stopping them now. I would just like to remind them that as a respected member of the business community, I can be instrumental in recruiting slave labor for work in their breeding caves.....

Nasa is a sick horse, we need to do the right thing and put her out of her misery.

NASA coerced the poor astronautical arachnid into weaving a super-strong toolbag lanyard...

No just imagine if it slips into some nice warm cozy space suit and start vengefully biting away at the occupant..

Well said.

Its a shame they weren't wearing the orbital manoeuvring packs, as they could have easily jetted off and collected the slow moving bag, to prevent it being an orbital hazard for the next couple of years.

How long before the orb spiders mutate and one attaches itself to an unfortunates face resulting in its offspring bursting out of the victims stomach.

I know this can happen as I have seen it on telly.

Im afraid... very afraid.

Are they the ones in Lost in Space or Starship Troopers?

Mines the one with the DVDs in the pocket.

Insert vague sexual reference joke here.

"orb spiders which may have gone awol from a sealed container"

Not technically a sealed container then? Unless we're talking about a spider-reincarnate of Houdini.

Heidemarie sat on the spider. Turn around, dearie and we'll have a look-see.

Pais, 'cos....

Perhaps "Unplanned Orbital Insertion?" It certainly sounds better than "accidental test of the NEO tracking capabilities of NASA." Maybe they're getting ready to throw some more useless junk overboard and are looking for a good way to lose it to keep the ecotards from getting upset.

As for missing arachnids, how many people are aboard the ISS? Was there a leg each?

Mine's the one with the slightly singed fragments of tools and a grease gun in the pockets...

Giving them the vote was bad enough, and then they get licenses to drive cars... and look at how badly that has gone.... and now they are playing auto-mechanic on a space station... doing the grease and oil change and they even fuck that up..... and lose the fucking tool kit.

(Lost that is - until someone cops a supersonic spanner in the head after a de-orbiting tool bag reappears)

Lose the tool kit - Lose the fucking tool kit.... Well excuse me, since your up in orbit - you'll just have to jump in your car and drive a half mile down the road to the auto shop and buy a new kit of SPACE RATED fucking tools....

(and they are going to be really - really - really good tools as well)

Arrgggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh She LOST the fucking tool kit.....

She LOST the TOOL KIT.... SHE LOST IT!!!!!!!!!!!!1

(should never have allowed them to graduate beyond beyond breeding, piloting the stove and pushing a tea trolley.... )