Well, I'm no Rocket Scientist, but...
Location: Somewhere deep in space
Time: Wednesday morning, August 3, 2005
Who: U.S. Astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery
What: Getting rid of some material that's sticking out of the underbelly of the shuttle
How: (from Reuters news) using a hacksaw put together in orbit with a deliberately bent blade, plastic ties, Velcro and the handyman's favorite all-purpose fix-it: duct tape.
That's right, folks. You read it correctly. They are fixing a fucking *space shuttle* using a bent plastic fork, velcro from my old Kangaroo shoes and goddamn DUCT TAPE.
NASA is clearly either consulting with Jeff Foxworthy or MacGyver and I, for one, am proud.
Anyway, I wish the astronauts luck and a safe return to Earth, where they can take 7th grade shop again...
posted by Kiddo78 at
6:41 PM
3 Comments:
I didn't read that one...good gravy, can you imagine what went on when the astronauts had their get-together about who was going to do the *repair*? "Ok, I think you should go b/c let's face it, you look MUCH better on NASACAM than I...really! Or, "I think I over-indulged in the NASA-Martinis last night...I'm just going to grab some greasy food here in the kitchen while you handle the little crisis..." I am so afraid of heights there is no way I'd be up there with broken tiles!
By
walktrotcanter, at 9:52 PM
Nothing like a good ol' MN boy like MacGyver to figure out how to fix the shuttle.
By
hot babe, at 11:31 PM
Believe it or not, it's not the first time that duct tape saved a space mission. The crew of Apollo 13 needed it when they had to improvise a new way to connect air filters to the ship, and would have suffocated without it. So now you know.
By
Apartment 604, at 7:04 PM
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