Don’t Drop your Tools in Space
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@RealEngineering Рік тому
Seriously though, look up the price of those keysight tools. Well worth signing up to win one. www.keysight.com/us/en/events/keysight-world/live-from-the-lab-realengineering.html
@AA-dn8dj Рік тому
There was a woman, Maria something, who genuinely sabotaged the ISS out of petty spite because NASA didn't have a custom designed comfortable toilet sent into space at her request. She genuinely wasted almost a trillion dollars just sabotaging the ISS out of spite.
@robertjarman3703 Рік тому
That part about that giant object being harder to push even in space is actually an excellent demonstration of the difference between mass and weight. Also, I suspect you meant kilograms not pounds
@WigneyR Рік тому
You of al people should know that just because something is expensive doesn’t mean it’s worth it 😅
@GolDRoger-fx2fp Рік тому
They should avoid that at any cost. We should implement no-debris space mission policy. That even a second stage rocket should set up to burn up in the atmosphere. Even how to deploy rovers.
@NERDXspace Рік тому
can a 13 year old apply
@WuffiePhoenix Рік тому
Debris Shield: *I've become the very thing I swore to destroy*
@LF-Productions Рік тому
This is the best comment 😂
@Christopher_1775 Рік тому
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@mfaizsyahmi Рік тому
Well at least it doesn't have the high ground relative to the ISS.
@pawarnikhil Рік тому
🤣
@PrintPranav Рік тому
You die as a hero, or live long enough to become a villian
@tommyboi0 Рік тому
It's the extreme version of holding the light for your Dad.
@Lunarslay Рік тому
Lmao
@XDarkGreyX Рік тому
Wow.... yeah
@johanhaukeness9492 Рік тому
Aziz! LIGHT!
@rebeccadubois8270 Рік тому
@@johanhaukeness9492 multipass
@ilikenothingtoo Рік тому
They say you can't hear some one scream in space, but they haven't met my dad.
@naota3k Рік тому
I'm quite proud to say that I've never dropped or lost any tools in low-Earth Orbit.
@hlvr123 9 місяців тому
You haven't dropped anything in low earth orbit YET
@torment4723 9 місяців тому
@@hlvr123 What you watch and what your name is clearly gives away that you're a nerd Stop lying to yourself😂
@MuhammadAhmad-re9jf 3 місяці тому
😂😂@@hlvr123
@godbyone 3 місяці тому
The Astro actors never dropped one either
@SCP--bm6td 2 місяці тому
Yeah! I never lost a fight against bruce lee too.
@omganotherun Рік тому
There's a real story of an Air Force guy in the USA working on a fully fueled cold war era nuclear missile silo. He dropped some heavy tool/part down the shaft. It wound up puncturing the liquid fuel tank of the missile, flooding the facility. Everyone evac'd, two guys were sent in to check it out, on the way out something somewhere sparked the fumes inside. Blew the whole silo. Warhead was thankfully designed to not go off without X trigger, so "only" a massive fuel explosion.
@nukesrus2663 Рік тому
I think the warhead actually got blasted out of the silo and landed decently far away.
@thomasbell7033 Рік тому
For the curious, this is the 1980 Damascus, Arkansas, missile explosion. Helluva story from the days of liquid-fueled ICBMs.
@alexkarp3285 Рік тому
Titan 2 missle silo explosion, he dropped a massive socket from the end of a ratchet. they were using the wrong tool for the job lol
@Matthew-uv4fq Рік тому
@@thomasbell7033 I figured it was! You always hear stories about it here in Arkansas
@PerfectSense77 Рік тому
One guy died and 21 were injured if anyone was curious. The story nagged at me not knowing that detail. The entire facility was destroyed and never reopened.
@leonardticsay8046 Рік тому
If I ever drop a tool while working, I can always remind myself that astronauts have it way worse.
@WuffiePhoenix Рік тому
Well if you're an astronaut the Hammer at least won't hit your toe xD
@My_HandleIs_ Рік тому
As the guys in 400 m tall towers/antennas, dropping something…
@Max-js1mx Рік тому
@@WuffiePhoenix now the hammer may hit your ship at 1000m/s teehee, ngl still rather that than hit my toe
@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Рік тому
I've found that when tools at work get 'borrowed', tying them to a string actually works. It's like tethering. This can also work if you're trying to put a bolt in an awkward location and keep dropping it under the car. Tie a string to it until you get it threaded. Sockets and wrenches, too (I hate crawling under a car to retrieve a bolt). You can also put a napkin over the hex head of the bolt, and jam it into the socket, so it's a tighter fit that won't keep dropping out.
@marsdriver2501 Рік тому
@@Max-js1mx not exactly, the hammer could "fell" from the station with a velocity of like 1-5 cm per second. If it was to come back, it would have some changes in velocity, but not too much
@ardag1439 Рік тому
"Uhh, Mission Control, I lost the space station. Moving away at about half a meter per second." "Copy tha- You lost what?" "Yeah..."
@robertjarman3703 Рік тому
They do have oxygen and they have thrusters on their suits, as does the ISS itself.
@MarloSoBalJr Рік тому
"Is the space station moving away from YOU or are you floating away from IT?!" "Yesh" 😶🌫️
@BlackSun404 Рік тому
@@robertjarman3703 No I don't think they do. There's a special seat / backpack kind of vehicle they have, but the normal suits don't have that capability I'm pretty sure.
@tvre0 Рік тому
@@BlackSun404 All EVA suits have the jetpacks (MMU/Manned Maneuvering Unit). It is no longer used regularly, and is only in place for safety reasons. I think that's why you're confused, since they don't use it anymore (again unless of emergency)
@BlackSun404 Рік тому
@@tvre0 Oh damn, look at that! Not quite correct, tho, as the MMU was what I was thinking about, which I was right about, not used nowadays. But turns out it's become standard procedure (I think) to use the new, MMU-replacement system, called SAFER (Simplified Aid For ExtraVehicularActivity Rescue), and yeah I can see it attached to / around their life support backpacks in the videos! Apparently, it's got a 3m/s (or, 10 feet/s) ΔV rating. Cool!
@katherinegilks3880 Рік тому
As someone who hates wearing gloves and mitts (and who takes them off to do fine-motor tasks in the winter, even around -40), I can completely sympathize with how difficult holding on to something would be in space. Full respect to astronauts in their work.
@fVNzO Рік тому
-40 will give you instant frostbite. Very few habitable places on earth reach this temperature.
@bbbbbbb51 Рік тому
@@fVNzO areas of Canada hit -30 to -40 every year.
@R03333 Рік тому
@@bbbbbbb51 uninhabitable eh
@fVNzO Рік тому
@@bbbbbbb51 whats the population density there?
@oGFunction Рік тому
@@fVNzO as someone who works outside in - 40 every winter it definitely does not give you instant frost bite, you have a good few minutes but it's dependant on the person.
@MatsBengtsson Рік тому
As a commercial diver, I know exactly what they are struggling with. I'm working in Sweden where water temperatures force me to wear thick mittens and a 3 mm rubber glove on top of that. Dropped things ither sinks to the bottom or floates to the surface. But we don't have the micro gravity making heavy parts light in the water. Unless you adjust their buoyancy which is not always possible. This is the closest I will ever get going to space 😅
@BladeStar420 Рік тому
Please watch out for Delta P and your work environment is pretty much identical to space if you ask me
@MatsBengtsson Рік тому
@High Roller It's my worst nightmare, getting stuck because of delta P. Just watched a video about it, explaining fatalities due to Delta P.
@beardedchimp 9 місяців тому
Dexterity must feel horrendous during space walks. At least for you, your hands are under pressure the mittens and gloves are pressed into the skin. For astronauts it is the opposite, the suit is pressurised against a vacuum, it would want to expand away from your fingers.
@kineticdeath Рік тому
the story of the astronaut being swamped by spatula's when he returned to earth is awesome. I hope someone left a note "you dropped this".
@redragon9588 Рік тому
probably that's why he lost camera next time, hoped that he would find full room of cameras back on earth
@mousermind Рік тому
*spatulas You don't make it plural with an apostrophe.
@malapertfourohfour2112 11 місяців тому
@@mousermind you dont, but we do
@JorgetePanete 3 місяці тому
spatulas*
@DomyTheMad420 Рік тому
That debris shield lol "you either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain"
@Rybo-Senpai Рік тому
Realistically a dropped object poses little threat to the craft it was dropped from as the relative velocity would be small, however for other space craft it can pose a threat due to much higher relative velocities. Scott Manley did a video explaining this quite well some time ago using KSP to show the example
@VoidplayLP Рік тому
Still dont want the stuff to hit solar panels or other sensitive things
@Rybo-Senpai Рік тому
@@VoidplayLP yeah but the Hull won't be affected if a dropped object comes back around, sensitive items may get damaged like the solar panels
@alexlabs4858 Рік тому
Used to climb towers. The last thing you want to do from the top of a 500’ tower is drop a tool or materials. It’s hard if not impossible to get back and could also kill someone.
@MauricioBarragan Рік тому
Everyday at work I have to worry about not dropping things. I've had a few drops. But overall a solid track record. (I'm a Labor Nurse btw.)
@helicopter_traffic Рік тому
HAHAH
@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Рік тому
If dropping things ever goes wrong, just call it an unforeseeable abortion. It's all in how you say it.
@grzegorzsiwek8207 Рік тому
Anesthesiologist here, I remember dropping guidwire from ECMO set. Luckily there were spares :D
@skippityblippity8656 Рік тому
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 You are sick in the head if you think thats in any way funny
@PinataOblongata Рік тому
"Got her on the first bounce!"
@thestudentofficial5483 Рік тому
I remember the experimental self propelling robots tested inside the ISS. I wonder if it's good enough to act as retrievers in case of things like this
@DJFPaul Рік тому
The major difference is inside the ISS is an atmosphere which fans can be used for maneuvering. Or if you use compresed air, it'll be released back into the ISS and can be reused over and over. Outside of the ISS, not so much. Plus we're talking about a vastly different enviroment in terms of the robots and their design too. inside they need no shielding and have no worries about any thermal control and so on because it's in a safe enviroment from the ISS it self. Outside they very much would need to.
@minerharry Рік тому
^ if you’re talking about the Astro bees, they use fans and sadly wouldn’t work outside of a pressurized vessel
@RealCadde Рік тому
The risks are quite high even if the robot is expendable compared to a human. You see, the robot needs to get out there, grab the thing, and get back with something that increases it's overall mass in short enough time to where it doesn't have to expend so much delta-v that it would run out and itself become space debris. It's not that it's impossible to go out and grab the thing you lost, it's that once orbits differ they will keep on differing more and more over time, requiring more and more propellant to rescue. It makes sense to go out of your way to rescue a human that's floating away from the ISS, but a piece of space debris isn't worth the risk. The management strategy that makes most sense is to track, avoid and wait for orbital decay.
@kindlin Рік тому
@@RealCadde All true, but things can be engineered. You know the mass of the object dropped, the approximate initial delta v and the time it's been since release. With those numbers, and maybe a follow up range check to verify the velocity and distance, you can know if you're little automatic retrieval drone (or whatnot) can do the job. You could have a few small ones, a multi-use medium one, and one big boy you send out that maybe needs to be refueled after use from earth stocks. EDIT: The _big boy_ could probably rescue humans, as its ultimate design objective.
@davesvoboda2785 Рік тому
We need some sort of small self propelled robot, perhaps cold gas thrusting, that can carry a gluey string to a small nearby object so it can be reeled back in. It's maddening that an object gets a tiny bit too far to grab, and it can't be retrieved at all.
@user-mc6dg6qe8l Рік тому
This is a real concern for workers at height (ironic that space workers are the highest lol) There's a sweat inducing fear of dropping your tool. Usually I put ribbons or strings to handhelds on my wrists. But a bigger object is especially dangerous because it could come slamming down on someone unexpectedly. Definitely injuring them or killing. I remember one day I was epoxying an incomplete stair well in a large building one day and the rollers grip imprinted itself into my hand I was holding it so tight.
@ToriKo_ Рік тому
Great video. Wow those space walks induce so much guttural fear in me, like floating away in Outer Wilds. And the clips of the ISS made me awe that something like that exists, and the collaboration it requires
@Chris-ok4zo Рік тому
I saw the movie Gravity, so my perception of something just floating away in space scares me more than the depths of the ocean. Because in the ocean, there's still things and creatures to either keep you occupied or end you. But in space, literally nothing. Monumentously terrifying.
@Xpwnxage Рік тому
You could just tear apart some of your suit, won't take too long after that.
@Chris-ok4zo Рік тому
@@Xpwnxage I wasn't really thinking about that, more of the absolute horror of space itself. I love space, Sci-fi, aliens, whatever, but in reality it's scary, lonely, dark and dangerous. A fitting description for life in general, but still no less horrific.
@cmdraftbrn Рік тому
being in space is like being in Antarctica. the environment alone in actively trying to kill you.
@Chris-ok4zo Рік тому
@@cmdraftbrn Except there, it's just cold. In space, it's both.
@WwZa7 Рік тому
@@Xpwnxage Is it really possible to tear apart a space suit from the outside with just your hands through gloves?
@pdc023 Рік тому
For US astronauts, it started on June 3, 1965 when Ed White's spare space suit glove drifted up and out of the open Gemini 4 hatch during the very first American EVA.
@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Рік тому
What a litterbug. He's out there in pristine space, and doesn't give a shit.
@HO-bndk Рік тому
Yes, you can clearly see it in the film of the event, waving goodbye as it flutters away.
@MorganFreeman69420 Рік тому
@@HO-bndk beautiful 😢
@LunarForte Рік тому
@@HO-bndk I wonder where it is now
@Bobo-ox7fj Рік тому
@@LunarForte almost certainly it burned up reentering decades ago
@poorlymadeedits5911 3 місяці тому
Show this to flat earthers
@KeVsPIXEL 11 днів тому
Doesn't matter. They'll fool themselves by calling it all "CGI" anyway.
@Fiercefighter2 Рік тому
This was one of your more fascinating videos lately! I didn't expect it from the title but I was glued to the screen the whole time.
@Fantic156 Рік тому
Such a mundane thing, losing a wire tie, but the potential for expensive consequences is vast! Great video, thanks. 😜
@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Рік тому
It's like the beginning of a disaster movie... a wire tie causes a satellite to malfunction and crash... the rest is obvious.
@nothanks9503 Рік тому
You gotta watch that clip of the debris shield floating away knowing in 24 hours that thing could very well smash a hole in the ISS dooming everyone costing trillions and setting humanity back maybe 100 years in space research
@ttrestle Рік тому
If I was that astronaut, I would be sooo embarrassed and upset.
@leonardticsay8046 Рік тому
Yeah, dude. A lot of people are watching too. I’m getting nervous just imagining it. 😅
@AvyangShang Рік тому
That's why they intensive psychological test.
@ttrestle Рік тому
@@AvyangShang yes, I know that. That’s why I said if it was me. 🤣
@realsushrey Рік тому
@@AvyangShang They would still be embarrassed and upset. You can hear it in the voice lol.
@117Industries Рік тому
I get upset when I lose stuff and I’m not an astronaut. But after years of getting my ass beaten for losing stuff, I’m literally not even 1% better than I was as a kid. So I just unequivocally *do not* have what it takes to be an astronaut. It’s a nice idea, but some of us just aren’t, and won’t ever be, competent enough. Is what it is.
@xyee9810 7 місяців тому
now i know astronauts feel 1% of the frustration i feel when my engine eats my 10mm
@seanziethen1032 Рік тому
As someone who just started doing technical dives for wreck diving I still can’t imagine how hard it must be to operate in space with so many tools and gear with you. Sounds super exciting but must be extremely challenging and hard to stay 300% focused while having the greatest view of all time
@savagelevel714 3 місяці тому
That’s what they’re doin, underwater work.
@savagelevel714 3 місяці тому
Space is fake. Everything we see is up there, it’s just not what they’re telling us it is
@blazingfiery4632 Рік тому
Oopsy Daisy, unlocked the airlock by mistake lol
@soonlytaing1708 Рік тому
Red was an imposter
@jtgd Рік тому
“Welp, there goes life support”
@fahadbutt3601 Рік тому
Oopsy daisy, you are yanked into space
@fitmotheyap Рік тому
@@soonlytaing1708 "Defeat"
@henriquetolentino6181 Рік тому
Hal-9000 be like
@lain11644 Рік тому
You know you're watching a real engineering channel when the giveaway is an oscilloscope 🤣
@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Рік тому
That's a good prize -- I want an oscilloscope but don't want to spend money on one.
@themike97_58 Рік тому
Fr helluva giveaway I could use one
@midweekmeditation Рік тому
I was working on an antenna on a boat in middle east once and something similar happened. Part of the basic maintenance was to replace hard rubber stops that assist the antenna in stopping its rotation. I had the new rubber stop in hand and between the fastener, screw driver, and 124 Fahrenheit heat it slipped from my hand, bounced off the mast, and plopped 60' down into the water. Needless to say, that is why you never throw away the past part if you can help it until the work is finished.
@Pasakoye 3 місяці тому
Need little controllable space drones to push tools back manually with some form of gas to propel it. Wonder if something similar is being worked on if it is possible to do.
@nicomarroquin1998 Рік тому
Damn, this videos just keep getting better and better, loved the color map for the heat simulation
@KonstiGrieche Рік тому
Very nice work. Could you make a video about the research that is performed inside the ISS? I think it would be very informative and could make people realise or make them better understand the importance of the ISS as a research facility.
@veramae4098 Рік тому
YES. NASA does a really bad job on this.
@mirst5069 Рік тому
Agree 1000%
@fungalcoffee Рік тому
I'm remembering a image I saw of two old guys working on a boat, they had a umbrella hung upside down under where they were working to catch things. I can imagine something like that being something used for working, a big tarp over the work place so things don't go too far. Also could double as a shield form little debris.
@yutubl Рік тому
1. Catch-equipment for those lost tools/things like diver/cowboys: harpoon shooting a lasso-safety catch net wrapping around the lost+caught thing additional anchor hooks an net edges grap into the net keeping it closed, when pulling back to the astronaut. Before using it for catching it might be usefull as redundance life belt/strap connecting the astronaut to the space station. 2. Many tools have already a fixing hook/eyelet/ring or magnet for not loosing them when connected to working/space suite via chain, ribbon, strap or lanyard.
@veramae4098 Рік тому
An astronaut was working "outside" and had a tool box. She SET IT DOWN on a convenient ledge, then watched helplessly as it floated away. Kick self. The reflex of depending on gravity goes deep.
@Yora21 Рік тому
Astronauts who've been in space for a long time also sometimes forget that you need to put things down on something before you let go of them or they will fall down to the ground.
@martigamez6732 Рік тому
"Mission control, I lost Joe"
@Kirbo-i Рік тому
typical thursday
@Ragefps Рік тому
Next time I am on the spanners I will definitely have to try the double glove. Of course I still wouldn't have a bulky pressure suit restricting movement but it would be interesting too get a glimpse at how hard it is to be a mechanic at 400km high.
@jumper0122 Рік тому
There was a really cool solution to the glove-feedback problem a while back, but unfortunately it was sent on the Challenger and was never worked on again after its loss. It was called the Direct Link Prehensor and it was a mechanical system that allowed you to control a three fingered hand (complete completely movable with thumb) without exposing your actual hand to the elements. In the demonstration videos of it they showed people holding a pencil and writing with it, as well as other delicate tasks. I've always wanted to model it in Fusion from the patent so that I people could 3D print them. Unfortunately the patent is a little hard for me to make sense of
@essay8634 Рік тому
Fascinating!
@whoever6458 Рік тому
I dropped one of my tools into the engine bay of my car so that it got lodged on top of the plate protecting the front bottom of the car and, since I didn't have one of those magnetic tool grabbers, I was never able to get that tool out of there.
@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Рік тому
Tie it to some string next time, so it can't fall all the way down.
@massimookissed1023 Рік тому
Was it a 10mm socket ?
@a-aron2276 Рік тому
An extendedable rope that can also be electrically stiffed so it can be pushed and becomes a slightly steerable pole once unspooled with a grabber, electromagnet or harpoon to retrieve lost items. Something like a 1000m for a start. It'd be lightweight and could be mounted on a arm to aim in the vicinity before unspooling.
@go-away-5555 Рік тому
A 1000m nylon rope with a thickness of 24mm (1in) is 377kg, and that would be before adding any sort of electronics
@superslimanoniem4712 Рік тому
@@go-away-5555 would be way overkill for most stuff though... 1km is definitely a bit too long, but maybe a few hundred metres of cord attached to a magnet?
@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Рік тому
Good ideas, but it might be less expensive to just deploy a net before any spacewalking occurs. Or come up with a better tether system, or better gloves. I don't think it's a big problem to have two tether points on tools, so you can add a second tether before disconnecting the first one (so it's always tethered).
@skeetsmcgrew3282 Рік тому
These are all ideas that pose a hazard to the astronauts for no real reason. Forcing a satellite to do a one second burn to avoid an object seems like a pretty solid solution. And if the debris got way out of hand, an orbiting trash collector that aimed itself at an ocean after it was full or out of fuel seems quite feasible
@a-aron2276 Рік тому
Lads and ladies, ye aren't thinking big enough. You wouldn't use nylon anyway, it's too cold, you'd need something else. Being a danger to astronauts is just a problem to be worked through. (well it could be dangerous, but so is everything else.) 1000m rope, gives the iss and grownd control enough time to find out if it's worth grabbing and to come up with a safe plan of action and give the rope enough time to decelerate the object slower.
@chanm01 Рік тому
"Peggy, I don't have a shield." "What?" "😬"
@titan_o7 Рік тому
What an absolutely phenomenal and one-of-a-kind job. Probably one of, if not the most, difficult and most training-intensive jobs on (and off) Earth. Immense respect to any and all astronauts of all nations. They represent the best of us all.
@Urxiel Рік тому
Your videos are amazing, RLE. Keep it up!
@mxk6104 Рік тому
I usually skip over the sponsor ads but I really really want to try out this engineering platform you mentioned
@FinancialShinanigan Рік тому
Sadly, no one can hear those astronauts scream in frustration
@nou5440 Рік тому
they need some sort of mini rc spaceship with a grabber on it to catch dropped items
@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Рік тому
Or deploy a net before all spacewalks.
@DoctorNemmo Рік тому
A scissor-extendable hand with a white glove
@salt-emoji Рік тому
I've never been to space, but seeing the "down" camera shot from above the boosters watching that shield "slowly" fall brings the same fear as the deep ocean
@MauricioBarragan Рік тому
I coulda guessed that you’ve never been to space.
@asmrnaturecat984 Рік тому
I don't know you, but i can attest that we all have never been to space
@hyperx72 Рік тому
@@MauricioBarragan Hey did you know that I also haven't been to space?
@fredmartinjr7055 9 місяців тому
Don’t worry, nobody has been to space.
@pokethebear6287 3 місяці тому
@@fredmartinjr7055😂 idiot
@PrintPranav Рік тому
You die as a hero, or live long enough to become a villian - debri sheild
@micahanderson8903 Рік тому
I am doing a little exposure course for middle schoolers about careers and entrepreneurship in the private space race. We talked about space junk just last week! This will be a fun one to show them, particularly with the story about the first mistake causing a satellite to have to change orbits. We talked about AS AT devices, propellent explosions, and the collision in 200...7? 9?
@Rebeljah 9 місяців тому
I used to work on a maintenence squadron in the military. It was a while ordeal whenever someone lost a tool and I can only imagine the headache that that that causes when in space!
@BoomBoomBrucey Рік тому
It's so sad that a single person, let alone millions of people on Earth could think this is faked.
@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Рік тому
Well, millions of people don't understand that the climate has been changing constantly for FOUR BILLION YEARS, and the idea of a static climate is a total hoax.
@triniplayer6172 Рік тому
Yea God forbid people think otherwise
@BoomBoomBrucey Рік тому
@@triniplayer6172 literally ZERO reason to think otherwise.
@nobodyishere Рік тому
@@triniplayer6172 if they do think otherwise about THIS specific topic ( space walks... Moon landings etc ) then yes they're in need of enlightenment/ are maybe just dumb
@darkknight097 Рік тому
@Newt Some people just want to feel extra special thinking they aren't "fooled" by big government like the masses and that they have access to special knowledge not many know.
@AaronShenghao Рік тому
Glad you talked about the risk assessment. The Chinese Tiangong had to change orbit for because Starlink got too close to their box
@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Рік тому
Elon gave them the high fastball to check if they're awake.
@KD--sj8eo Рік тому
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Elon is a moron.
@pigbenis8366 Рік тому
The ISS did also for the pieces of satellite Russia blew up in their anti satellite missile test.
@dntthe88 Рік тому
@Pig Benis Sounds like what inspired the movie Gravity
@christopherrapczynski204 Рік тому
@@pigbenis8366 Russia try not to be worthless challenge (impossible)
@MrHichammohsen1 Рік тому
Brilliant video! Thank you for the amazing work.
@LiamHighducheck Рік тому
Debris shield falls off: *you became the very thing you swore to destroy*
@Ptsxlouuivestouetjourd 3 місяці тому
REEE I HATE YOU 🔥🔥🔥🔥🫥
@DrGrim-et6db Рік тому
I wonder how astronauts feel the first time they go out of the space station, when i see does clips from astronauts working on the space station i feel so small and insignificant ,that large void of terrifying emptiness, and sublime nothing, so amazing how we evolved in the last 100 years.
@crypticTV Рік тому
The tether that was lost - "Ironic. He could save others from death... but not himself." 😂😂
@luthfihar3211 Рік тому
the thing that everyone forgets is that the space station is moving very fast by itself that means anything that get disconnected from it will drift away at similar speed even though it looks like it's slowly floating down in the video basically that 8 Kg shielding is actually moving zipping in orbit like a fast moving car, which is terrifying for anything that's not traveling in the same direction
@Coastal_Cruzer Рік тому
A fleck of paint in space is as dangerous as a speeding bullet on earth
@phalanx3803 Рік тому
fast moving car? bruh it be moving faster then an SR-71 blackbird.
@vaipadalkar6719 Рік тому
Thanks for letting me know as I'm planning to go space next week
@moneymattersmastery55897 Рік тому
They really should let lineman into space to assist with the spacewalks. The gloves they wear for working on energized primary lines are absolutely massive and the lineman have most definitely mastered the art of using these things, seem to have many similarities with these astronauts gloves.
@massimookissed1023 Рік тому
Astronaut gloves are also pressurized, (about ⅓ atmosphere) vs the vacuum of space. That adds to making them difficult to bend.
@Zack_Taylor Рік тому
I love this sequel to the oil drillers in Armageddon
@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Рік тому
@@Zack_Taylor Yeah, they have to patch a hole in the ISS, so they send up a bunch of linemen (Travolta plays a good lineman).
@R_W_Goodson Рік тому
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Bruce Willis
@becausereasons8507 Рік тому
The journeyman I was aprenticing under once told me of a time he'd dropped a live line. It got too close to the secondary line below, and made for an interesting day.
@sachiperez Рік тому
Imagine dropping something and within a minute people all around the world are making fun of you.
@daveherbert6215 7 місяців тому
Really enjoyed this video, especially the Kubrick/2001 inspired section . How far technology has progressed rather than artistic imagination.. Great video
@jumaro8823 Рік тому
Great video but you made a small mistake in the video, at 9:55 you said the SSN (Space Surveillance Network) was operated by the air force but it is no longer operated by the air force for the last few years it has been operated by the space force.
@SBImNotWritingMyNameHere 8 місяців тому
Nice pfp
@kaleckton Рік тому
Imagine losing a tool at your job and you have to report it which gets reported to the entire planet. I couldn't do that, I would be like inside and be like hey mission, I think Tony forgot to give me a tool because I'm not seeing it.
@QuestForTheS Рік тому
"Uhh nope I didn't bring the 17 mill out with me" "But you went to tighten the XYZ bolts and they're 17mm?" "Ohh y'know I just cranked 'em hand tight"
@kaleckton Рік тому
@robksquest1748 that would be hilarious to hear a astronaut who is suppose to be absolutely professional at all times say. 😆 🤣
@TheFriendlyGamer289 Рік тому
3:57 Interesting fact, my great-grandfather came up with the idea of using a pool for training during his time at NASA. He made a smaller version to prove that it could work, and it got accepted, I get excited when I see one of those training tanks, because it reminds me of him.
@MrConsto 27 днів тому
They are claiming to A) be still in the atmosphere B) traveling at 17,300mph C) circling the earth every 90 minutes D) earth below is standing still
@mazack00 Рік тому
I appreciate the references and captions on the video!
@este_2013 Рік тому
When the shield becomes the projectile instead:
@jepomer Рік тому
Sounds like when I'm on my sailboat. I have dropped several tools and a set of car keys while working on the sailboat in its slip. Safety straps are needed when going forward in less than calm weather. I was saddened loosing my keys but still able to located them using my GoPro camera but no way to snag them before Tamatoa carried off the keys.
@tungsten2009 Рік тому
Crabs?
@jepomer Рік тому
@@tungsten2009 - Tamatoa is the name of the crab in the movie "Moana".
@tungsten2009 Рік тому
@@jepomer I know ,wasn't sure
@tungsten2009 Рік тому
@@jepomer What happened next? How did you drive your car?
@jepomer Рік тому
@@tungsten2009 - Fortunately my grandchildren keep me informed of these pieces of critical information.
@LeLaidbackLauncher Рік тому
Remember, it costs tens of thousands of dollars to ship just a single kilogram of mass up to the ISS. That lost 8kg debris shield was a $100,000+ mistake
@myboysd5772 Рік тому
Man that beginning of the video gave me the same kind of feeling in my stomach as if i was somewhere really high. Not that kind of high though, the kind where you are scared to fall and die.
@tach-uq5tw Рік тому
The vision of a piece of equipment just floating down towards earth gave me some of the biggest vertigo in my life
@nitsu2947 Рік тому
I'll just smile and say bruh. Then report it to mission control
@TheBakedalaskajoe Рік тому
that is an amazing view of our planet. wow
@Edfiki86 Рік тому
Astronaut: oh no, I dropped my wire tie Co-worker: I dropped my crack pipe in front of the manager. This is the second time this week.
@bixmcgoo5355 7 місяців тому
pretty crazy how there's no consideration of the first man to do something, but the first woman to do something *after* a man already has somehow deserves recognition. that's so weird.
@ehrenloudermilk1053 Рік тому
Much respect to the women and men out there pushing the limits. Looks terrifying
@mr88cet Рік тому
Of course there is also the famous case, waaaay back on Gemini 4, where a thermal glove floated out after Ed White on the first US spacewalk.
@sunnyjim1355 Рік тому
That wasn't a 'dropped' item though, so technically doesn't qualify for this video. I know details are annoying, but they are important. In fact 'attention to detail' is widely considered a sign of intelligence. Good day.
@Imawesomedude20 8 місяців тому
Good to know that a space shuttle can use wire ties as a solution the same way i use zip ties on my project car
@bryanshoemaker6120 Рік тому
I got to see a grease gun fall from space. It was pretty cool looking. Even though it was burning up in the atmosphere it still looks like a grease fire
@FebiMaster Рік тому
I wonder why personal mobility units/jetpacks are not more common for spacewalks, it can be used to retrieve objects that floats away
@drefrazier4266 3 місяці тому
Im guessing theyd be too bulky or cumbersome to wear while doing the repair work
@mvpchae 3 місяці тому
They have them but they only have so much thrust and fuel so it’s good only for emergencies.
@que6827 Рік тому
2:43 can someone explain what he was doing with a spatula out there??
@zacharyj6465 Рік тому
Flipping burgers, what else would he be doing?
@fezii9043 Рік тому
Let him cook
@deftones8717 Рік тому
@@zacharyj6465 space burgers are the best!
@MarloSoBalJr Рік тому
@@zacharyj6465 I do like my burgers fresh off the sun's radiation 😎
@Lappmogel Рік тому
Scraping the space bugs from the window
@markoconnell804 6 місяців тому
Develop a passive spacesuit attractor to reign in items that float away. Or place one on the side or the station and area in which you work. Electro magnet or static electricity and each item have the material on it which is attracted. Conversely have one over the area working on which catches things. Or debris net. Use AI lidar equipped robot who’s tasked with item retrieval with a tether to the station for backup retrieval.
@IdiotWithaMultimeter Рік тому
I’ll remember this next time I’m going to space with my dewalt 20v drill
@Knewman7777 Рік тому
All the dropped tools are still easier to retrieve than a 10mm socket dropped in an engine bay. 🤣
@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Рік тому
I now tape the 10s to a string and tie them off before I even start. On the other hand, they're kind of like the Take a Penny, Leave a Penny of sockets. I once dropped one on the ground at home, and found one on the ground in a parking lot later (different brand, but both 10s).
@Knewman7777 Рік тому
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 🤣🤣 good idea.
@phalanx3803 Рік тому
i can imagine in the future when we get in to space on a larger scale orbital debris being a shit load of lost 10mm sockets floating around.
@SRFriso94 Рік тому
I'm pretty sure both ESA and NASA are working on missions to bring the larger chunks of space debris down, reducing the risk of them becoming smaller pieces of debris.
@diestormlie Рік тому
So what I'm hearing is, blow up large space debris. No no, I definitely heard you right. We need to go up there with a TOW Missile Launcher *right now!*
@marcandycheridord5246 Місяць тому
Thanks for the advice.🙏🏾
@stepver2273 8 місяців тому
thanks, ill make sure to keep that in mind when im going there
@forgottenvy Рік тому
Never send Sandra Bullock to space
@pigpig252 Рік тому
I know it probably fell from orbit years ago, but the idea that a lone spatula is in orbit around Earth somewhere is very amusing to me
@jamesengland7461 3 місяці тому
Legend has it, it landed on Australia, striking a dad on the head, who now brags about the scar while cooking on the barbie 😂
@Kyee124 Рік тому
I'm thinking, a way to reduce the chance for tools to fall out of the hand of astronaut is just having all tools to be tethered on either the spacesuit or the space station anchor, with a propelled magnet tethered tool to try and catch some smaller object that fell, with the magnet system even if it can't really pull back the object it *may* give enough magnetic pull to slow down the object even more to reduce it's speed, making more likely to get deorbit back to earth than having it orbit around the space and causes any big issue
@heroyt2490 Рік тому
This video consoled me because my team lost today
@mr88cet Рік тому
It would cool to have a small, nitrogen-thruster-based grabber drone!
@MZ-bl6wg Рік тому
Have you done an episode on the ISS? I didn’t realize how enormous it is , amazing w shave such a massive structure SO complex orbiting perfectly at thousands of miles an hour with 20M objects and debris screaming around it. Would love to see a video on this amazing structure
@januzi2 Рік тому
If I was living in the US, I'd get a bunch of regular wrenches, get the "NASA" engraved on them, and then toss them into people's gardens (maybe make them stick out of the ground?). Then I would enjoy news stations doing the interview with somebody from Nasa, asking him/her if they lost their tools in space.
@jamesengland7461 3 місяці тому
lol do it where you live!
@Ikbeneengeit Рік тому
"Brief bouts of butterfingers." Brilliant!
@benmcreynolds8581 Рік тому
Someone should build a space fishing pole that has the right amount of weight on it so when you go to throw it, it will move in the micro gravity. Then they can grab, hook, pull, reel in any object that is out of reach by using a threaded wire fishing pole type design? Maybe?
@PriceyTomato Рік тому
1)And what tells you they won't lose that. 2)That they haven't already tried and thought it was a bad idea. 3)It's space it needs thrusters ,simply throwing heavy weight won't work the same like on earth
@CAMSLAYER13 Рік тому
@@PriceyTomato you can absolutely just throw something in space
@PriceyTomato Рік тому
@@CAMSLAYER13 you can, but it wouldn't fly away the same as earths atmosphere. Remember no gravity in outer space. Are you confusing less particles hence less drag so you pitch a ball faster in space? That's not how space works buddy
@CAMSLAYER13 Рік тому
@@PriceyTomato it won't work the same as earth, however whatever you threw would go in a straight line at a constant speed. You could, theoretically, throw something at something else in space and hit it. Honestly I'm not sure what you are trying to imply about how throwing something in space would work
@PriceyTomato Рік тому
@@CAMSLAYER13 I'm saying that it would would be redundant to have a fishing pole that would hook debris. What would be it's mechanism? What makes you think if you shoot a dart like thing it would absolutely follow it. What places of space station would have that. How much reach will it have, in what direction would the canon fire. What would keep track of the object? What would activate it? You do realise ISS is 356 feet (109 meters) end-to-end? I understand it follows a predictable path for a free falling object but how would those fishing rod follow it?
@kamikeserpentail3778 9 місяців тому
My stomach drops just picturing holding my phone over the edge of a ten story building. I couldn't imagine even being out there, much less having to worry about all these tethers you can't feel.
@slowpnir Рік тому
Exoskeletons for hands can solve the clumsiness problem. They would require some training though, even if transference of tactile feedback is close to 100%.
@antonliakhovitch8306 Рік тому
I wonder if space suits could use prosthetics for the hands. Have the actual human hand completely enclosed and free to move inside the suit, then use that hand to control a prosthetic on the outside. Even something as simple as a purely mechanical two-finger gripper on one hand might be more useful than a full hand with fat fingers.
@Yora21 Рік тому
Certainly doable, but that would be more equipment that needs to be brought up and could break. And at the current state, I don't think the dexterity would be any better than what you have with the gloves.
@regulator18E 9 місяців тому
NASA was working on it, was called the direct link prehensor. Was lost on the Challenger and they just never proceeded with it after that for whatever reason
@mowvu5380 2 місяці тому
they are travelling at over 20,000 mph. it's easily done I'm sure 😂
@tomsko863 Рік тому
This makes me want to rewatch "Planetes" which was about astronauts whose job is to gather space debris. Very good show.
@phalanx3803 Рік тому
IMO its supper underrated.
@Miklb-ek6vx 9 місяців тому
This might be a stupid question but technically since your harnessed to the iss couldn't you go after the tools and then just pull your self back from the tether your connected to? Or since there's no gravity could you pull the iss off track since there's no gravity? Cause there's no way the tether isn't strong enough for you to pull yourself back.
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