Astronauts are funny

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• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  the crew decided to record a parody of those bad 80s sitcom intros where everyone turns and smiles at the camera

  🎵 It takes a lot to make a stew 🎵

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  • ceenote@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Someone should photoshop the murderer guy in the background of that shot.

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  • Wfh@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    🎶_Too many Kochs_ 🎵

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  • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That was the first thing that I thought of as well.

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  • altasshet@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks, it’s gonna be stuck in my head for days again now…

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• thesingingsea@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  image transcript: tumblr

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  Astronauts are so funny man. Here’s just a couple of things I’ve found hilarious from this past week of space
  • It’s probably already been spread around here enough already, but in case anyone’s missed it; 7 hours after launch, commander Reid Wiseman, dealing with tech issues, uttered the generational quote “I have two Microsoft Outlooks and neither one of those are working."
  • After fixing the issues that were afflicting the onboard toilet, mission specialist Christina Koch (who has quickly become my favourite of the four) laughingly said “I’m the space plumber, I’m proud to call myself the space plumber.” • On Easter Sunday, the Artemis II crew hosted a makeshift egg hunt, by hiding packets of dehydrated scrambled eggs around their Orion capsule.
  •The way the crew always makes sure to make it very clear they’re in space when doing interviews. From stuff like Wiseman just hanging out floating sideways on screen or Koch letting her hair loose so it can freely span out flowing around her. • While in transit, the crew decided to record a parody of those bad 80s sitcom intros where everyone turns and smiles at the camera.
  • When the crew reached the furthest point from Earth in the mission, they jokingly clambored over each other in an effort to get to the far side of the capsule, so that they could individually claim to be the furthest person from earth.
  • At the same time, on the ISS which was at the time on the other side of earth, the 7 astronauts onboard had a light-hearted race to the far side of the station, making jokes about being the furthest humans from Artemis.
  • On the way back to earth, NASA actually managed to establish an audio call between the crews of the ISS and Artemis II (where they shared the above info), and Koch called one member of the ISS crew, Jessica Meir, her “astro-sister” as the two of them previously spacewalker together in 2019. Meir then responded I’m so happy that we are back in space together, even if we are a few miles apart” (a few here being 230,000).
  • While Jeremy Hansen was doing an interview, Wiseman and Koch were just in the background swatting the mission mascot (a little moon plush toy named Rise) back and forth between each other.

  #space #nasa #artemis ii #artemis 2 #astronaut #I think great sense of humour is a required part of NASAs selection criteria

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What. How dare you transcribe this after I squint the whole thing out. Kisses.

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  • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If someone has a transcript bot pls dm

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• lime@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  buncha fucken nerds up there

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• TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s fun stuff. Astronauts are cool.

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  • ceenote@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I sure wish I were successful and well adjusted!

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    • fulcrummed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You used the word “were” instead of “was”. You’re well on your way compadre! I believe in you!

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    • tanisnikana@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Someday, buddy, someday. For now, just try not to break down at your job, like the rest of us.

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    • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Don’t forget insanely lucky and well off enough to afford a masters degree before you’re in your 30s.

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    • wizzor@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I wish I were successful or well adjusted.

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• SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Big honerable mention to the interview with Trump where they pretended to lose connection. (It’s not a coincidence they named the capsule Integrity)

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  • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah! That part was great.

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• NullPointerException@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No honorable mention to the floating Nutella jar?

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• grue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m gonna need a link to that '80s sitcom intro video.

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• Hupf@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Image

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• Fontasia@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Reid Weisman remembered for: [] going to space [x] logging an IT ticket with not enough detail

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• elvith@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mean, while probably not everything of that was planned, those missions, interviews and streams also serve as PR. So it doesn’t surprise me when there are things like this happening AND “allowed” to occur.

  Also it’s quite a different team building and “work athmosphere” needed here, if you do not only see your colleagues a few hours per day, but spend quite a while together.

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  • merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I believe that they might have had more free time than a typical ISS mission, because there wasn’t a lot of science to be done on this trip around the moon. That left more time for spontaneous goofing off. But, they probably also knew there would be more eyes on them than the typical ISS mission, so they probably also planned more things that they hoped would go viral.

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    • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Virality cannot be planned for and, for the most part, none of these moments went viral. Most people in the world didn’t knew about the mission. These kinds of moments aren’t “allowed” to happen, they just happen because humans are humans. NASA, and scientists in general, are not at all a bunch of stiff book worms like the stereotypes dictate. People are people and will make jokes and try to keep work environments light. There’s enough stress on trying to fulfill the mission and come back alive already.

      They were also super busy though, this mission was a test flight and, well, they spentost of their wake time doing science and testing the spacecraft. Not much time for PR stunts and goofing off, really.

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• happybadger@hexbear.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I see it like submariners getting the best food and pay in a navy. The moment you pay attention to your environment or consider the hope of rescue, you’re the most vulnerable human alive. You’re in a bathtub at the top of a burning skyscraper and all the forces of nature want to kill you instantly if a single component fails. If I couldn’t distract myself with jokes, it’d be like emergency medicine or leftist politics where the reality is horrifying beyond comprehension. I’d last like a week in space before I’m kissing soil for being safe.

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  • NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That pay was like an extra $75 a month when I was in 😆

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    • happybadger@hexbear.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes but you get Kitsap Bangor and galleys with a panini bar. Non-dolphins get slop on a ship.

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• leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Turns out Mark Watney jokingly calling himself a space pirate was one of the most realistic things in The Martian¹.

  1. In the book. In the film he never lost communication with Earth, so he had permission to commandeer the Aeris IV MAV, and it wasn’t an act of piracy.

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Wait they fixed the toilet? No Charlie browns? Noooooo.

  Also I like that Koch fixed it. That’s an historied name in butt science.

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  • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It broke twice actually, they fixed it both times.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hold on I gotta complain again? Get me reality’s manager please

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• anugeshtu@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well, you need to keep the spirit up somehow living in a 9 m3 module together for 10 days, I guess. Also yes, lots of respect for that!

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• Krauerking@lemy.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Boredom. Thats the answer. You dont get to take a whole lot with you up there and you will be surprised what your brain does with the free time… Like decide to shoot a sitcom intro.

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• Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Look at these DEI hires making history. How dare they ruin the narrative.

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• NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This person is easily amused.

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  • W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Being difficult to please just means you’re a grumpy asshole though

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    • fulcrummed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And have no sense of humour, whimsy, imagination, creativity or adventure.

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    • starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Or they’re 13 years old.

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  • LongLive@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fairly certain being amused is a human trait

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  • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I hope you learn to find joy in the simple and little things.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have a trick if you need to learn again, but without too many details it’s basically solitary confinement combined with starvation until you get one week’s calories away from death. I’m sure there are better ways to change your mindset, like reading good books and thinking critically about them.

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  • DeadPixel@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You ok buddy?

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  • starik@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    …and then the astronaut said, “Hi Hungry, I’m Jeremy!” Those astronauts are such cards! 😂

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• Tiresia@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  • What’s that crater called?

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• dharmacurious@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My favorite is the Janeway reference

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I have the stupid. What was the reference?

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    • dharmacurious@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      She was dressed as Janeway, and made a reference to there being coffee in that nebula, but refer to a a refill shipment. And upon googling it to make sure I had it right, it was actually in 2015 that that happened and I just heard about it and assumed it was current. Samantha Cristoforetti was who said it

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• Wakmrow@hexbear.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not to be a dick but none of these are funny in the slightest

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  • lime@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    you failed at not being a dick

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    • dmention7@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      None of the bullet points involved a pig pooping on its own testicles, nor the phrase “turbo-lib”, so of course they didn’t find them funny.

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• Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ve found that folks in high stress jobs often develop peculiar senses of humor. Also a lot of astronauts are ex-military and we also have some unique humor.

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