Caption contest: Mars attacks!

9/5/2012 3:52 PM EDT

Dang, I'm one power cord short.

9/5/2012 4:44 PM EDT

After Josh's burrito binge, the space station crew made him work outside.

9/5/2012 5:17 PM EDT

Milton, we're gonna need you to move your lab equipment outside, yeah, 'cause we need the bench space in here, so if you could go ahead and do that, that would be great!

9/5/2012 6:24 PM EDT

"It's far too nice a day to be working inside...."

9/5/2012 6:42 PM EDT

Geek Double Fantasy

9/5/2012 7:00 PM EDT

Houston: we have a problem...

9/5/2012 7:01 PM EDT

Aahhhh....at last a workshop with enough space for all my test equipment!

9/5/2012 7:03 PM EDT

Cosmic Ray Shielding - Greek Style.

9/5/2012 11:49 PM EDT

Gary believed in two things, having all the latest gadgets and solar power. Luckily the L1 Lagrangian point provided sufficient constant solar flux to power his whole collection. The downside was that using mice in zero gravity turned out to be more difficult than he'd assumed.

9/6/2012 12:02 AM EDT

Neil's management completely misunderstood his safety recommendations for encapsulating the DUT, having lots of space to work in, floating all of the lab equipment, and not tying anything to ground.

9/6/2012 4:29 AM EDT

Late in the day, a CERN engineer realises they were just about to create a wormhole.

9/6/2012 4:45 AM EDT

"And that was the moment we decided to discontinue our on-site service policy."

9/6/2012 5:04 AM EDT

And there's still not enough space for everything

9/6/2012 7:58 AM EDT

And they thought staying with wired GPIB was a bad idea.

9/6/2012 9:51 AM EDT

HAL, this time I wore my helmet.

9/6/2012 11:03 AM EDT

Oh, yeah...forgot about free-space loss!

9/6/2012 1:06 PM EDT

Oh great! A floating input!

9/6/2012 3:36 PM EDT

Why does everything have to be grounded? The view here is great!

9/6/2012 3:36 PM EDT

There's isolation and then there is isolation.

9/6/2012 4:27 PM EDT

One slight adjustment, then no more uni-brow!

9/6/2012 4:52 PM EDT

Ten-meter EMC chamber on steroids.

9/6/2012 8:40 PM EDT

No matter how big your bench is, you always end up with 6 inches to do the actual work.

9/6/2012 8:47 PM EDT

Hubble, Hubble, double trouble.

9/6/2012 9:09 PM EDT

Bob ordered a transponder, but fortuitously transporter arrived instead.

9/6/2012 11:26 PM EDT

Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?

9/7/2012 1:35 AM EDT

Hey! My old Signal Generator with the broken vacuum tube is suddenly working again!!

9/7/2012 1:40 AM EDT

AAARRGGHH!! WHY WON'T THIS @#$#%^& THING WORK???

(In space, no one can hear you scream......)

9/7/2012 10:07 AM EDT

Now where's that Earth strap?

9/7/2012 10:12 AM EDT

I really must stop sniffing that solvent - I'm starting to hallucinate.

9/7/2012 11:23 AM EDT

An EE wonk's perfect vacation!

9/7/2012 12:31 PM EDT

The secret code ... CTRL ALT INSERT SPACEBAR ENTER

9/7/2012 2:36 PM EDT

Final Frontier V2.0

9/7/2012 2:45 PM EDT

V’Ger early beginnings.

9/7/2012 5:36 PM EDT

One small tweak for man, one giant signal sweep for mankind.

9/7/2012 8:32 PM EDT

Transputer tech lost in space.

9/7/2012 8:44 PM EDT

Now where did I put that switch for the artificial gravity.

9/7/2012 8:46 PM EDT

I wondered what that purchase request for $20M was for.

9/7/2012 8:52 PM EDT

Bob quickly realized why no one volunteered to calibrate the zero-G amusement ride.

9/8/2012 7:28 PM EDT

Darn it where's the ground reference?

9/9/2012 8:29 PM EDT

Damn penny-pinching management...wouldn't pay extra for radiation-hardening...now none of this gear works.....

9/9/2012 9:32 PM EDT

I know there is a budget reduction program, but I still think the all in one measurement box is better than the kit version...

9/9/2012 9:35 PM EDT

Err... Huston... You guys forget to put screw number 37 in the kit... Fortunately I always carry on sellotape.

9/10/2012 1:38 AM EDT

“There's never time to do it right, but always time to do it over”. Oh well.

9/10/2012 1:44 AM EDT

We got to make the launch date and we’ll fix it later with a software upgrade they said. Don’t worry the hardware works fine they said.

9/10/2012 1:47 AM EDT

I bet they now wished they gave me the time I needed

9/10/2012 1:56 AM EDT

It was poetic justice when management finally realized outsourcing did not result in the big savings over doing things in house.

9/10/2012 1:59 AM EDT

I guess I'm not so expendable after all

9/10/2012 2:07 AM EDT

Huston, she's now working correctly per requirements. Do you still want to decommission this antique?

9/10/2012 2:15 AM EDT

With nobody looking over his shoulder, the engineer could finally make some progress.

9/10/2012 6:21 AM EDT

space qualification ongoing

9/10/2012 8:42 AM EDT

Bob Pease in Heaven.

9/10/2012 8:45 AM EDT

"Nope, no God Particle out here either"

9/10/2012 9:28 AM EDT

I _TOLD_ them they were bidding too low on the mandatory requirement for on-site service, but _NOOOOO_, does anyone ever listen to the techs?

9/10/2012 3:05 PM EDT

This is Major Tom to ground control, I stepping through the door, and I'm floating in a most peculiar way and the stars look very different today!

9/10/2012 3:11 PM EDT

I needed more space, so I transferred to our satellite office.

9/10/2012 3:12 PM EDT

Fly me to the moon, and let me play among the scopes.

9/10/2012 9:36 PM EDT

Space cowboy lab equipment roundup, 2050.

9/10/2012 11:48 PM EDT

Before you launch a Mars probe, you should first disconnect it from the scope.

9/11/2012 12:26 AM EDT

"Say again, Mission Control, confirm. Check the lander thruster data English-to-metric conversion function?"

9/11/2012 8:39 AM EDT

In space, no one cools by convection.

9/11/2012 8:40 AM EDT

No atmosphere, so the smoke cannot come out!

9/11/2012 9:32 AM EDT

Houston, how quickly can you launch a crossover cable up here? Also add a high priority bulletin in the mission log to remind satellite contractors that they should be wiring their serial ports DCE!!

9/11/2012 3:19 PM EDT

"Retrieval may be tough....this unit has no 'escape' key...but does have 'return' and 'home' keys. Will they work instead?"

9/11/2012 4:26 PM EDT

Sick and tired of his constantly cluttered desk, Phil decided to work in a more "free-form" environment.

9/12/2012 9:17 AM EDT

I know the new space shuttle is not completed yet! But, we still have work to do!

9/12/2012 1:01 PM EDT

I said "Orbitz," not "orbits", but what the hell!

9/12/2012 4:03 PM EDT

"Mission Control ... I'm just wondering ... how far is far enough with this far-field probe?"

9/12/2012 10:29 PM EDT

Neil had a novel idea for meeting the weight requirements for his product, while still meeting the stringent performance goals.

9/13/2012 10:11 AM EDT

Gina (the Gorgeous) finally gets some peace and quiet (and the TV remote).

9/13/2012 8:49 PM EDT

Bored Brad … at CAD … one lad … good dad … want ad … launch pad … so glad … wear plaid … no fad … but had … space RAD … go mad … too bad … so sad!

9/14/2012 4:12 PM EDT

Hmm.. I don't have to worry of static.

9/14/2012 4:13 PM EDT

yayyyy... all equipment's powered with solar!!

9/15/2012 12:50 AM EDT

At last Lance had reached a place where no one could reach him by email, text, IM, Twitter, phone, or Facebook. He actually got some work done that day.

9/15/2012 2:56 AM EDT

Let's see, at fifty cents a mile deduction for a business trip. Carry over the Net Operating Loss. . .Sweet!

9/15/2012 2:57 AM EDT

Finally, I got a room with a view

9/15/2012 3:00 AM EDT

When I said I could add that feature "on the fly", I meant before the launch.

9/15/2012 3:01 AM EDT

Huston, we found the problem. It's software.

9/15/2012 3:04 AM EDT

And I said 5% travel is not so bad.

9/15/2012 3:07 AM EDT

Just a little more time and it will work perfect

9/15/2012 3:09 AM EDT

Huston, you have a problem. My service call bill.

9/15/2012 9:43 AM EDT

"The last thing I remember is the tech saying 'Just a couple of more amps...'"

9/15/2012 9:44 AM EDT

Uh, when do we tell Dave that he's just velcro'ed to the wall?

9/15/2012 9:45 AM EDT

Just after the smart carpet exploded.

9/17/2012 2:46 PM EDT

To avoid any accused duplication of IP in his tablet design, Bob asked management to create an ultimate clean room. However Bob didn’t fully realize that legal precedence may keep him in orbit a very long time.

9/18/2012 6:56 PM EDT

Now Hubble is good for another 20 years

9/18/2012 6:58 PM EDT

Like the Marines, Embedded Engineers are the first in and the last out.

9/18/2012 7:06 PM EDT

Huston you have a problem. . . in the software.

9/18/2012 7:09 PM EDT

Hardware can't upload a patch

9/18/2012 7:17 PM EDT

Tell management that my design works fine. Also inform the techs I found their several miss wires and loose screws. Now, will you please come and get me?

9/19/2012 11:00 AM EDT

This isn't what the Infinite Improbability Drive is supposed to do!

9/19/2012 3:06 PM EDT

“Here’s the problem … the reentry module has called an altered state reentrant routine.”

9/20/2012 12:48 PM EDT

I love these field problems! Can't wait for the per diem check!

9/20/2012 2:59 PM EDT

Bob finally gets to tangle with the Uncertainty Principle.

9/21/2012 8:35 AM EDT

Last time I bother praising Vogon poetry.

9/21/2012 5:21 PM EDT

Finally, adequate lab space!

9/21/2012 5:28 PM EDT

God thinks He's an engineer.

9/22/2012 2:36 AM EDT

Someone left a note for an electronic tech ... it says 'Phone home ET.'

9/29/2012 1:41 AM EDT

Jim loved the ability to work remotely.

9/30/2012 3:52 PM EDT

Management granted Jim's request to have his workload lightened.