Hello and Goodbye Discovery

[tubeswell]

End of an era - last shuttle landing

[Enzo]

Yeah, but did their luggage make it on the flight?

[Arneb]

Not a chance. They left their destination with the luggage compartement TOTALLY empty.

[Мастер]

Remember when that one astronaut lost his luggage? The toolkit, during the spacewalk?

[tubeswell]

Remember when that one astronaut lost his luggage? The toolkit, during the spacewalk?

Well he lost it - too bad. But I do reckon he should be made to go back and get it, or at least to point out where he lost it so that it can be included on this map of the space junkpile so that someone else doesn't bump into it.




(FWIW I always was under the impression that having the shuttle programme was supposed to help reduce the junk pile.)

[Arneb]

Ahem. SHE lost it.

[tubeswell]

Ahem. SHE lost it.

Then on behalf of the half of the human race that always gets the blame for war, crime, pollution and everything, can I express my gratitude for that clarification?

[Arneb]

You're most welcome :wink:

[Enzo]

I wonder if NASA provided a uniformed attendant as the astronauts deplaned (deorbitered? decrafted? deshuttled?). SOmeone to stand there at the door repeating "Buh bye, buh bye, buh bye now, buh bye..."