>>5525524>Why my spacesuit can keep me on the ground but his can't?Irrelevant. Maybe you activated a magnetic thing o your suit but he didn't have time. Or maybe his suit was broken. Or maybe someone sabotaged it. I doesn't matter. You might not even know. The things you know are that his life depends on you making an effort sustained for an extended period of time, that there's no other option left and that you are able to do it, how that is materialized in reality is irrelevant to the discussion and is only useful to make it easier to understand but considering you absolute and total lack of imagination the opposite may be the case.
>Why does this spaceship not have a mechanism to prevent people from drifting off into outer space?Again, irrelevant. Maybe it has, maybe it doesn't. Maybe it is not that effective or maybe it was just broken or temporally disabled. Maybe they didn't add it because they didn't have time. In any case you might not know it and it is irrelevant.
>Why aren't there other spaceships nearby?Irrelevant. Maybe there are and can't do anything, maybe yours is the only one left. You might not know if there are or not.
>Am I bound to the same spot or can I move around?The only necessary condition is that you must have to make that effort during an extended period of time in order to avoid his death. One way of thinking would be that you are bound to the same spot but if you can imagine other case in which the condition is satisfied it would be valid too.
>why can't I just tie him to the ship and have him pulled in quick?Irrelevant. Maybe there's nothing close to tie him, maybe there is but you don't have enough force as to tie him without slipping through your hands at the same time.
>How am I going to eat and shit or help if I'm bound to a spot and can't just pull him in?Also irrelevant. Maybe food is provided through the suit or due to some kind of medical advance you don't need to eat as often. The point is, your survival is guaranteed.