re a wrench in the works from another space forum now where did i leave those pliers when workers at the kennedy space center disassembled the sts solid rocket boosters they were surprised to find a pair of pliers lodged into the outside base of the right hand srb the tool survived the trip from the launch pad up to approximately a foot altitude then down to splashdown and towing back to ksc nasa spokesperson lisa malone told the media it s been a long time since something like this happened we ve lost washers and bolts before but never a tool like this the initial investigation into the incident has shown that a thiokol corp technician noticed and reported his pliers as missing on april nd unfortunately the worker s supervisor did not act on the report and discovery was launched with its extra payload nasa officials were never told of the missing tool before the april th launch date the free flying pliers were supposed to be tethered to the srb technician when the tool was found in an aft section of the booster its inch long rope was still attached the pliers were found in a part of the booster which is not easily visible from the launch pad ron s ed note naaahhh just too easy a spokesperson for the lockheed space operations company said that the shuttle processor will take appropriate action thiokol is a subcontractor to lsoc for work to prepare shuttle hardware for launch karl anderson dev configuration management version control dept k rochester minnesota tie internet karl vnet ibm com prodigy cmmg a to seek to strive to find and not to yield alfred lord tennyson
