NASA Makes Knives

"...So if you were an astronaut and you've been picked to launch to the moon and you needed a knife what would an engineer that wears space suits carry with them to fly and land on the moon..." - lordoftherings

ah, space.
so finally here's the perfect environment for something so exceptional as the WASP injector knife.
one can't be too careful, miles away from home.
who knows just what kind of reaction a lunar coloniser might might provoke from amongst the yet unseen lunar natives.
 
GIRLYmann said:
"...So if you were an astronaut and you've been picked to launch to the moon and you needed a knife what would an engineer that wears space suits carry with them to fly and land on the moon..." - lordoftherings

ah, space.
so finally here's the perfect environment for something so exceptional as the WASP injector knife.
one can't be too careful, miles away from home.
who knows just what kind of reaction a lunar coloniser might might provoke from amongst the yet unseen lunar natives.
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You could use the gas to propel yourself in zero g! Finally a practical use for that silly thing! :D
 
lordoftherings said:
What about the engineer that sits behind a computer screen and stays on earth with a shuttle launches off into space what knife is he holding in his pocket?
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When I was a Shuttle flight controller in the Mission Control Center, I carried a SAK Super Tinker (as I do now).

The SAK tool I used the most was the large screwdriver for pulling staples.

As far as I know, the 'nauts carry SAKs on the Shuttle.
 
Mike Carter Custom Knives said:
I don't know what they carry now but this Case knife was carried on every Gemini and Apollo mission. One accompanied Neil Armstrong to the moon.

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The M-1 model 1966 knife is a survival knife and actually resembles a machete. It is 17" long overall and has a 11 3/4" blade. It features white polypropolene handles (the lightest plastic that gives off no fumes) and saw teeth along the back of the blade.

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Of course this was back in the day of space capsules that parachuted back to earth so they used these in survival training in case they didn't land where they expected to.
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Anyone know the type of steel was used in the Astronaut M-1?
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Smatchet!
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:) Something like a smatchet may not be as retarded as it seems . In a space suit , you'd need a fairly big handled fixed blade and a folder would be utterly useless .

Although I'm not too sure a DE would be best , unless you needed to fight hostile aliens &/or repel borders . ;)

Inside the station , almost anything would do . :rolleyes:
 
Pffft... I’d carry huge in space. Stupid 3.5 inch law and stupid gravity make big knives problematic in my area.
 
lordoftherings said:
What about the engineer that sits behind a computer screen and stays on earth with a shuttle launches off into space what knife is he holding in his pocket.

And plus how are you supposed to open space ice cream with space gloves on?

Primitive? Do you mean modern?
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Not sure if he carried a knife, but this is what Gene Kranz wore when he ran Apollo 13.
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Square_peg said:
Anyone know the type of steel was used in the Astronaut M-1?
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In case you didn’t already know, you can buy one outright right now. Case rereleased the m1 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. As for what it is made of, it just says stainless.
 
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