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
No can do, somebody accidentally sent a reply all email to our entire region this morning and now everyone else feels responsible for telling them they fucked up, or for telling those people to stop responding to the first person.
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.
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.
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, a ton more aren't even aware it happened. 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 spent most of their wake time doing science and testing the spacecraft. Not much time for PR stunts and goofing off, really.
virality can ABSOLUTELY be planned for, especially when this is one of the biggest scientific events to happen in the lifetime of younger generations (in their eyes). ive heard an unbelievable amount of fangirling from my friends (rightfully so, this is cool) and they DID plan for it. they knew they would be seen by a significant portion of the U.S., and I'm sure they modified their behavior somewhat on camera to accommodate that
Turns out Mark Watney jokingly calling himself a space pirate¹, bragging about having colonised Mars, and the like, was one of the most realistic things in The Martian.
In the book. In the film he never lost communication with Earth after reactivating Pathfinder, so he had permission to commandeer the Ares IV MAV, and it wasn't an act of piracy.
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.
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.
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
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.
60 Comments
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world · 130 pts · 132d
🎵 It takes a lot to make a stew 🎵
ceenote@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 132d
Someone should photoshop the murderer guy in the background of that shot.
Wfh@lemmy.zip · 31 pts · 132d
🎶 Too many Kochs 🎵
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 132d
That was the first thing that I thought of as well.
altasshet@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 131d
Thanks, it's gonna be stuck in my head for days again now...
thesingingsea@piefed.blahaj.zone · 93 pts · 132d
image transcript: tumblr
j-train13
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
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 61 pts · 132d
What. How dare you transcribe this after I squint the whole thing out. Kisses.
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 20 pts · 132d
lime@feddit.nu · 79 pts · 132d
buncha fucken nerds up there
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 65 pts · 132d
That's fun stuff. Astronauts are cool.
ceenote@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 132d
I sure wish I were successful and well adjusted!
fulcrummed@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 132d
You used the word “were” instead of “was”. You’re well on your way compadre! I believe in you!
Echolynx@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 131d
I too love the subjunctive mood, but language is allowed to change. That has been a losing battle for a while...
tanisnikana@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 132d
Someday, buddy, someday. For now, just try not to break down at your job, like the rest of us.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 9 pts · 132d
No can do, somebody accidentally sent a reply all email to our entire region this morning and now everyone else feels responsible for telling them they fucked up, or for telling those people to stop responding to the first person.
troglodytis@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 132d
Did you receive the memo about the cover letters on the TPS reports?
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 132d
Don’t forget insanely lucky and well off enough to afford a masters degree before you’re in your 30s.
wizzor@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 132d
I wish I were successful or well adjusted.
SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 131d
Big honerable mention to the interview with Trump where they pretended to lose connection. (It's not a coincidence they named the capsule Integrity)
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 131d
Yeah! That part was great.
NullPointerException@lemmy.ca · 42 pts · 132d
No honorable mention to the floating Nutella jar?
psud@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 131d
Giant brands are not interesting
Personally I find nutella the worst food that comes in a jar
lime@feddit.nu · 12 pts · 131d
what about paint?
Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 131d
I don't think Nutella is particularly great as paint either... Honestly, looks like shit.
lime@feddit.nu · 3 pts · 131d
it's good as a polish though
psud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 131d
I don't consider paint to be food
lime@feddit.nu · 5 pts · 131d
chicken
psud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 131d
Chicken is in fact food. It is rarely in a jar.
lime@feddit.nu · 1 pts · 131d
fuck you've got me there
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 131d
At least paint is useful
grue@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 132d
I'm gonna need a link to that '80s sitcom intro video.
Hupf@feddit.org · 32 pts · 131d
Fontasia@feddit.nl · 30 pts · 131d
Reid Wiseman remembered for: [] going to space [x] logging an IT ticket with not enough detail
elvith@feddit.org · 25 pts · 132d
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.
merc@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 132d
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.
dustyData@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 131d
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, a ton more aren't even aware it happened. 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 spent most of their wake time doing science and testing the spacecraft. Not much time for PR stunts and goofing off, really.
Cattypat@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 131d
virality can ABSOLUTELY be planned for, especially when this is one of the biggest scientific events to happen in the lifetime of younger generations (in their eyes). ive heard an unbelievable amount of fangirling from my friends (rightfully so, this is cool) and they DID plan for it. they knew they would be seen by a significant portion of the U.S., and I'm sure they modified their behavior somewhat on camera to accommodate that
leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 131d
Turns out Mark Watney jokingly calling himself a space pirate¹, bragging about having colonised Mars, and the like, was one of the most realistic things in The Martian.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 132d
Wait they fixed the toilet? No Charlie browns? Noooooo.
Also I like that Koch fixed it. That's an historied name in butt science. (it sounds like I'm making a joke about her name but I'm not)
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 131d
It broke twice actually, they fixed it both times.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 131d
Hold on I gotta complain again? Get me reality's manager please
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 131d
Please take a number, reality's manager already has quite the queue.
anugeshtu@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 131d
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!
Krauerking@lemy.lol · 10 pts · 131d
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.
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 132d
Look at these DEI hires making history. How dare they ruin the narrative.
Tiresia@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 132d
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 131d
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.
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 131d
My favorite is the Janeway reference
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 131d
I have the stupid. What was the reference?
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 131d
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
NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca · -90 pts · 132d
This person is easily amused.
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 103 pts · 132d
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world · 79 pts · 132d
Being difficult to amuse just means you’re a grumpy asshole though
fulcrummed@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 132d
And have no sense of humour, whimsy, imagination, creativity or adventure.
starlinguk@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 132d
Or they're 13 years old.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 132d
How am I able to so easily amuse my 13-year-old nieces?
LongLive@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 132d
Fairly certain being amused is a human trait
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 21 pts · 132d
I hope you learn to find joy in the simple and little things.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 132d
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.
DeadPixel@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 132d
You ok buddy?
starik@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 132d
...and then the astronaut said, “Hi Hungry, I’m Jeremy!” Those astronauts are such cards! 😂