astronaut loses $100,000 tool bag during spacewalk

[mklotz]

The big problem is that now there's but one MORE piece of space-junk to keep an eye on so it doesn't obliterate some satellite or spacecraft. Stuff in orbit travels gazillions of miles per second (gazillion is my own Official Unit of speed that is f - a - s - t - !)

Here's an article about a paint fleck impact on a window os a spacecraft.
https://www.popsci.com/paint-chip-li...e%20of%20metal.

The bag doesn't have an orbit maintenance engine or computer to control it. Its orbit will eventually decay until it burns up in the atmosphere. Until then, NASA will track it and hopefully avoid collisions.

For the ISS ninety minute orbit your gazillion translates to about 17,650 mph.