Shuttle astronaut worried he may have left loads of his stuff up there
Nick Adler, an astronaut onboard the Atlantis shuttle, which recently completed its final mission, has expressed concern that he may have unwittingly left loads of his stuff on the International Space Station, by mistake.   âIt hadnât really dawned on me we wouldnât be coming back,â said Adler, âIâve left all sorts of shit up there, and now Iâm worried that Russians or the French or whoever is up there next are going to be going through all my stuff. It totally sucks.â Shuttle pilot Dan Lipowski repeatedly ignored demands from Adler to âturn this thing around and head backâ.  Liposwki said, âIf it had been something really important like house keys or a photo of his kids then sure Iâd have abandoned re-entry, but heâs talking about a couple of paperbacks, a T-shirt and the docking bay for his iPod. Theyâre like, what, a dollar fifty?â Adler denies it is anything so trivial, âThatâs bullshit, I had way more stuff than that, and that docking bay was like $40, so heâs talking out his space ass.â   A spokesperson for NASA said, âOn long and complicated missions things do occasionally get overlooked or misplaced. We have listened to Nickâs complaints but itâs like a $100million dollars every time we sent shit up there, and we just canât dick about with launching these Orbiters just because some putz left comics and socks behind. âIâve called the Russians, who are due up there in a couple of months, and theyâve promised to stick anything they find in an envelope and mail it to us. Beyond that that Iâm not sure what else we can do?â\nHowever, Adler remains convinced that he has forgotten even more important stuff. He said, âNow that I come to think of it werenât there six of us? Has anyone seen Steve?â