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It's hard to have more failsafes on a single toolbag than "don't let go". The mission was successful (or it seems, partially successful, not due to loss of tool
by morelisp 3y ago
It's hard to have more failsafes on a single toolbag than "don't let go". The mission was successful (or it seems, partially successful, not due to loss of toolbag); losing the toolbag is the "one thing" that can go wrong without risking the real goal.
- bandyaboot 3y agoI’m not familiar with how the *nauts tether themselves to the station, but I figured it would be something similar to safety tethers when working up high in precarious situations —2 tethers with only 1 allowed to be disconnected at any particular moment. I wouldn’t have been surprised if the same thing were done for anything that they don’t want to float away. But, perhaps that adds more complexity than it’s worth.
- morelisp 3y agoTools don't need to be safe, though; you need to be safe from them. IANAA, but two tethers on your toolbag sounds like a great way to accidentally fuck up the two tethers on yourself.
- kridsdale3 3y agoGood news: The tools are secure. Bad news: You are condemned to die alone in space.
- godshatter 3y agoIn this case it worked out fine, but if the tool needed to complete the task was in the tool bag, things would have worked out differently. Bonus points if one of the tools needed to undo what they had started was also in the tool bag that got away.
- morelisp 3y agoWhy do you assume there's only one toolbag with the necessary tools? There's the kinds of things you have redundancy of (tools, food, computers), to deal with the things you need redundancy for (life, structural integrity, atmosphere).