Now you know why they don't like women in space....

[bookworm_020]

They keep dropping the tools!

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/the...770506401.html

http://media.smh.com.au/?rid=43844&s...=smh.com.au%2F

I must admit, it's not the easiest place to do repairs! But the office does have great views!

[SteamWake]

I dunno if my grease gun 'exploded' while space walking I probably would have dropped more than a tool bag.

[August]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

I dunno if my grease gun 'exploded' while space walking I probably would have dropped more than a tool bag.

Thanks to pressure suits at least it wouldn't go floating off into space...

[MothBalls]

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

Now you know why they don't like women in space....

Who is "they" ?


I like the idea of women in space. I can think of quite a few productive experiments I'd like to conduct with a woman in space.

Luckily this incident only caused the loss of a few tools, it could have been worse. I doubt many people think the only reason it happened was because she was a woman.

Now if she was driving........ whole different story.

[Kimmy]

There's not enough room in space for women!

[bookworm_020]

Originally Posted by Kimmy

There's not enough room in space for women!

And not enought room for the ego of the man!

BTW welcome aboard Kimmy!

Who is "they" ?

NASA in the days of Mercury, had to decide on what they were looking for in an astronauts. Many people with years of experience in flying had come forward, both military and civil backgrounds, who wanted a chance to fly in space. It was decided that they had to be test pilots with university qualifications. This eleminated women pilots (as there were none who met the standards set) as well as many of the pilots who had more experience in edge of space flying (Chuck Yeager was another who was left out in the cold, despite having flown to the edge of space!)

When the U.S.S.R. put a woman in space, all was not what it seemed, she wasn't trained, the flight was totaly controled on the ground, she freaked out half way through the mission causing it to be cut short. Some cosmonauts open complainded that puting women in space demeaned them!

[Schöneboom]

Apart from the gender issue, does it strike you as absurd that so much expensive high-tech has been deployed for the purpose of greasing a joint?! Yes, of course it's a vitally important joint! Though in space no one can hear it squeak, the mission is everything! Thank God they had a backup grease gun!

If anything this reminds me of "Red Dwarf"! "Oh, smeg! There goes me tool bag!"

[FIREWALL]

I thought it was because she plugged up the toilet. :p