"[…] make sure everything is tried down on their remaining spacewalks."

I'd say they're trying them _up_ there in orbit...

But honestly, I'd completely hate to know how much junk we currently have drifting in orbit endangering both current and future space missions.

Mine's the one with "My buddy went to the ISS and all I got was this lousy grease-stained jacket" across the back.

How can this darn drop still be an issue? They lost a darn 100k bag, so what? Shit happens. Each and every launch costs about as much as it would take to end hunger in Africa (feel free to replace with shame of your choice). People DIE exploring space. I remember when people cared about the whole thing, and not only when another shuttle goes down. If all the excitement NASA can generate these days comes from someone dropping a greasy bag o' bolts, something is very wrong.

One small tool-bag for women, one giant hold-all for womankind.

* Apologies to Mr Armstrong

I looked at the video, that's never a grease gun unless there's some new euphemism I'm not yet aware of. I can only assume one of the female astronauts took one look at her male colleagues and added the useful little implement to the - ahem - Tool kit.

doesn't that mean they'll die from a tool from space?

Not to worry; I was using hyperbole. As an old space buff, I _do_ know approximately how much debris we _know_ to have cluttering our skies... though that does not stop me from wishing I didn't. Thanks for the links!

The builders still haven't finished your dream home. You call for a plumber, takes ages to arrive, and still can't fix the problem. Someone goes out for a walk and looses their bag. The local buses are clapped out, about to be junked, but there's no plans to buy new ones. I'm only surprised that the bag didn't also contain a laptop with NASA's entire staff details...

Mine's the one with the Shuttle Annual Pass in the pocket.

Your information is incomplete and insufficient to allow us to locate the object in question. We also need to know the RA, Dec. and precession velocity of the ascending node, as well as the time of separation and the RA and Dec. of the ISS at that time, in order to be able to track it. :)

Mine's the grease-stained one with the much thumbed ephemeris in the pocket, ta...

...joke about the Star-Mangled Spanner here.

with the piss poor performance on this Shuttle Mission

Magnitude is a measure of brightness. It means it would be invisible to the naked eye even under perfect viewing conditions. The larger the magnitude, the fainter the object.

That little ditty would sound better as:

twinkle twinkle little tote,

How long, I wonder, will you float?

the original is just terse and fits no discernible rhyme scheme.

Paris, cos she can hold my tool anyday.

...you never let a woman borrow your tools.

"Honey, have you seen my toolbag?"

"Have you tried looking in lower orbit?"

Paris, cause that's one tool i'd love to have pictures of burning up on re-entry

Shortly by falling stoolbag, so I hear.

// mine is Gordon's

Even that's arguable. :)

If the shuttle were to retrieve the toolbag once it has departed from the ISS?

Surely some unscheduled canada arm work would be a good exercise...

afterall they dont shut the cargo bay until re-entry...

mind you, just because the toolbag cost 100K doesn't mean its worth it!

So what's the magnitude of the brightest star in the sky, you know, the one called "Sol"?