http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20081119/twl-astronaut-s-bag-drifts-into-space-41f21e0_1.html
It's about the Astronaut woman who dropped her tools while cleaning something on the Space Station - the tools then drifted away.
By late Tuesday, the bag was already more than two miles (3.2km) in front of the shuttle-station complex
Given that (in space) everything is inertia based, since there's not much in the way of gravity or wind resistance. This means all motion is strictly proportional.
So, for the tools to drift 3.2 km in 24 hours it means they drifted 133m in the first hour. And 2 metres in the first minute. About an arm's length in the first 20 seconds. A slug is quicker than that. She's not exactly a quick thinker.
But it does beg the question:
Why the hell wasn't she in the kitchen!?
p.s. for the women who need this blog translated into woman-speak - forget about it, just put on a pretty dress or something. Get your nails done.
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