Comments on: Tool Pr0n: Tools In Space! http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:59:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: NotTheSharpestSpoon http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/#comment-284480 NotTheSharpestSpoon Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:42:57 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/#comment-284480 Oooh, Shiny. So pretty. It looks tiny, but to be able to use it while wearing a spacesuit, I'm guessing it's gotta pretty big. Nice. Shiny. Oooh, Shiny. So pretty.
It looks tiny, but to be able to use it while wearing a spacesuit, I’m guessing it’s gotta pretty big.
Nice. Shiny.

]]> By: NK http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/#comment-277752 NK Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:31:26 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/#comment-277752 I have heard 1 million dollars each. I have heard 1 million dollars each.

]]> By: Ted http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/#comment-277160 Ted Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:37:30 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/#comment-277160 I want one! Drool... I want one! Drool…

]]> By: Barri http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/#comment-277111 Barri Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:44:32 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/#comment-277111 Houston, We have a problem!!!!! We forgot the charger. Houston, We have a problem!!!!! We forgot the charger.

]]> By: rick http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/#comment-277083 rick Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:35:09 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/#comment-277083 Price = priceless... but it is negligble compared to getting to space! I love it... a wifi driver... who would have guessed! Price = priceless…
but it is negligble compared to getting to space! I love it… a wifi driver… who would have guessed!

]]> By: Chris http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/#comment-276986 Chris Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:59:25 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/#comment-276986 @Emery Roth: presumably, the "weight" figure they give on the page (13 lbs) is approximately equal to its mass and therefore its weight on Earth. However, even if that figure is its weight (i.e., the attraction in pounds-force that it "feels" toward Earth) while on the Space Shuttle, it's not all that different. Using Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation, which states: Force = G (Mass1 • Mass2 / radius^2) where G = 6.67 • 10^-11 N•m^2/kg^2 If we assume the "13 pounds" figure to be a measurement of the force experienced by the tool while on the Space Shuttle, we can solve for the mass of the tool knowing the mass of the Earth (5.9742 • 10^24 kilograms) and the approximate orbital altitude of the Space Shuttle (about 322,000 meters) plus the radius of Earth (about 6,780 km), which works out to about 6.15 kilograms, or about 13.5 pounds, using the assumption that Earth is a point mass concentrated exactly at its center. Put another way, that 13-pound figure is accurate to within 5% no matter where the measurement was done ;) Now, what I want to know is this: what the heck kind of rechargeable batteries deliver 39 volts? A set of 13 3V cells seems like the most likely candidate, but I wouldn't rule out three series-wired sets of four 3.25V cells, either. Either way, sounds expensive :-p cl @Emery Roth: presumably, the “weight” figure they give on the page (13 lbs) is approximately equal to its mass and therefore its weight on Earth. However, even if that figure is its weight (i.e., the attraction in pounds-force that it “feels” toward Earth) while on the Space Shuttle, it’s not all that different.

Using Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation, which states:

Force = G (Mass1 • Mass2 / radius^2)

where G = 6.67 • 10^-11 N•m^2/kg^2

If we assume the “13 pounds” figure to be a measurement of the force experienced by the tool while on the Space Shuttle, we can solve for the mass of the tool knowing the mass of the Earth (5.9742 • 10^24 kilograms) and the approximate orbital altitude of the Space Shuttle (about 322,000 meters) plus the radius of Earth (about 6,780 km), which works out to about 6.15 kilograms, or about 13.5 pounds, using the assumption that Earth is a point mass concentrated exactly at its center.

Put another way, that 13-pound figure is accurate to within 5% no matter where the measurement was done ;)

Now, what I want to know is this: what the heck kind of rechargeable batteries deliver 39 volts? A set of 13 3V cells seems like the most likely candidate, but I wouldn’t rule out three series-wired sets of four 3.25V cells, either. Either way, sounds expensive :-p

cl

]]> By: Emery Roth http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/#comment-276953 Emery Roth Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:07:21 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/#comment-276953 I'd be more curious about it's weight on earth....anyone know? I’d be more curious about it’s weight on earth….anyone know?

]]> By: forlerm http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/#comment-276917 forlerm Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:08:44 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/#comment-276917 anybody else here starwars music . anybody else here starwars music .

]]> By: Eiki http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/#comment-276905 Eiki Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:57:45 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/10/tool-pr0n-tools-in-space/#comment-276905 If you have to ask, it's too much. If you have to ask, it’s too much.

]]>