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				Originally posted by wsjb78  
He just needs to throw his toolbag away from the shuttle... Newton's second law I think! 
Each force applied to an object results in an equal strong force in the opposite direction! 
			
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 Yes; would be better to throw individual tools one at a time, lest he have no easy way to correct an error... but giving the whole shebang a big shove would work... ;o)