Astronauts drop tool bag into orbit that you can see with binoculars
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#2There is a rumour that several years ago some tools were dropped on purpose. Because astronaut did not liked to stay on orbit, and he/she wanted to return to Earth ahead of schedule.
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#3Anyone got a link to an official report detailing what happened? The article is kinda light on details, but I assume this is a major mishap that can only happen if multiple things go wrong simultaneously? Everything m they do up there is a precisely choreographed dance so it would be interesting to read a technical report on that.
Re: Astronauts drop tool bag into orbit that you can see with binoculars
#4There is a rumour that several years ago some tools were dropped on purpose. Because astronaut did not liked to stay on orbit, and he/she wanted to return to Earth ahead of schedule.
They could have just went on strike like skylab
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#5Why aren't such things connected with a lanyard to the spacecraft?
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Re: Astronauts drop tool bag into orbit that you can see with binoculars
#7Anyone got a link to an official report detailing what happened? The article is kinda light on details, but I assume this is a major mishap that can only happen if multiple things go wrong simultaneously? Everything m they do up there is a precisely choreographed dance so it would be interesting to read a technical report on that.
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#8Why aren't such things connected with a lanyard to the spacecraft?
They usually are. I suspect this was a missed step by someone.
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#9This has happened two more times:
https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-astronauts-lost-items-i...
Re: Astronauts drop tool bag into orbit that you can see with binoculars
#10There is a rumour that several years ago some tools were dropped on purpose. Because astronaut did not liked to stay on orbit, and he/she wanted to return to Earth ahead of schedule.
Are you sure that's not a half-remembered version of Russian propaganda[1], where they tried to blame NASA Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor with drilling holes into a Russian spacecraft, ostensibly so she could get sent back to earth early for medical treatment?
They were trying at the time to deflect blame for what were clearly Russian manufacturing defects (especially in hindsight, given the number of defects and accidents Roscosmos have been responsible for lately).
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serena_Au%C3%B1%C3%B3n-Chancel...