This was intended before the mission. After conducting observations they were going to propose naming two craters. One for his wife, and the other for the space craft “Integrity”.
Cry cry cry
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wewbull@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
GraniteM@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
What’s the over-under on Trump demanding that both things get named after him / trying to sell the naming rights, and then when the IAU says that’s not how that works, he throws a tantrum, names then after himself anyway, and starts a Legion of Doom alternate IAU chaired by himself, Steve Bannon, and Kid Rock?
wewbull@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
They can buy one of those packs to name a star after yourself. I’m sure they’d prefer that over a dirty crater.
BorgDrone@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
They just proposed it, so sounds like they aren’t the ones who get to make the final decision.
I suspect they’re going to end up calling it ‘trump crater’ or something equally heinous.
Hestia@hexbear.net 4 weeks ago
There’s already a bunch of those, we don’t need any on the moon.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 4 weeks ago
There’s precedent. We have several Mount Olympus on Earth, yet one one Mars also exists.
Gladaed@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
Reid Weismann seems the be the mission commander, for anyone wondering.
brianpeiris@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Here’s the vid: www.youtube.com/shorts/GAMkRJdu9j4
Des@hexbear.net 4 weeks ago
this is such whiplash
i wish i could geek out and go back to being a mid 2010s closeted trans and unleash my kerbal fueled special spaceflight interest again.
that me would be so into this mission i would be excited about every tiny detail catgirl-cry
Kefla@hexbear.net 4 weeks ago
I was having a conversation with my radlib friend earlier and he was telling me about this like "and they’re gonna make a moon base, it’s all so cool and exciting bloomer " and I simply could not hide my disdain for the idea that the US would ever do anything cool or exciting lmao
It felt like talking to one of those cultists who are like “you’d better get your affairs in order because next week Jesus is gonna be here!” Like yeah dude, I’m sure, let’s talk next month about how that went
jeffep@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
American overcheesyism
5715@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
Look at Antarctica, it is full of wife names as well.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
I hate that it’s more click favourable to explain how you should feel in posts.
starlinguk@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
“Are you sad too? Let me know in the comments.” I will not let you know in the comments.
Denjin@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Hit like and subscribe and smash that Bell icon to stay up to date with all my emotional responses to news stories.
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
“are we all sobbing?!” Is just so unbelievably cringe I downvoted out of reflex.
starik@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Rage rage rage
matsdis@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
Interstellar (2014) - Scene that quotes the poem. Now this is where you go for proper theatrical drama.