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    17 minutes ago

    Every single shot or thumbnail I see of Victor Glover just looks like he’s tired of this shit and everything he’s putting up with.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    22 hours ago

    They obviously talked about this in advance, and decided that they would let him talk, because they didn’t have a choice, but they wouldn’t engage. Answer his questions with as little as possible, and don’t ask anything back. Don’t give them anything he can use as propaganda, no kissing his ass, praising him for his great leadership in getting America back in space, etc.

    They were so committed to the bit, that when he ran out of steam, they just let him twist in the wind.

    Glorious.

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    23 hours ago

    I would have been teary eyed too. Travelling as far as you can and still hear that asshole come out of the speakers. I would demand a refund.

  • Display name@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Also, Trump referring to Jeremy Hansen:

    And the 4 brave astronauts of Artemis II are our modern-day, you really are modern-day pioneers, all of you. And one of them happens to be a neighbor. You know who that is, right? You have a special person over there, a neighbor. And, uh, we like our neighbor.

    Source

  • BanMe@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Apparently they just let Trump talk and didn’t respond for a full minute and Trump was like “anyway you’re the best” and they still didn’t respond and Trump’s people ended the call.

    The astronauts gave him the silent treatment. They could clearly hear him.

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      1 day ago

      Yes they were actually very polite, they knew they were speaking with a demented narcissist.

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      2 days ago

      I watched it live, they did respond to his direct questions, but at some point Trump went into a monologue that didn’t end in a question, and they didn’t say anything back, keeping a silence going for an awkward amount of time until Houston asked if they are still on the line and they confirmed that yeah they heard everything. And said nothing else.

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        1 day ago

        Nah other way around. The astronauts asked a NASA administrator if they are still on the line or if there was a handover. Then Tump replied “I am, yes, I am”.

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    2 days ago

    I wouldn’t have gone to the moon if I were them. You know they’ll have to meet the president after they get back. It’s not worth it.

      • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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        18 hours ago

        That parts not that unusual. The really funny part to me is when they asked for a com check, Trump responded that he was still there. Usually when we ask for a com check someone says they can hear you, coms are fine, something like that. That’s my experience with it anyway.

  • EvilFonzy@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    He’s asking how young the girls in space are, and they’re thinking about all of the Sci-Fi movies where the Earth blows up and astronauts have to watch it go.

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        2 days ago

        I have a book sort of like this. SevenEves by Niel Stephenson.

        The book blows up (or gets hit or something). The dist will make earth uninhabitable within a few years. I want to say Seven Years. I remeber the SevenEves title has many possible “meanings” and I think years to collapse was one.

        They basically work to get as many people as they can, which isn’t many, into space working with the small crew of a (larger than ISS but not huge) space station. Including all of the logistics of food and housing.

        They also have to manage it in a way as not to cause a panic because billions of people, will die. Because they literally cannot send everyone.

        The first two thirds are pretty good, the lattwr third jump to the future and fallout and I hated that part, but the first part is good.

        • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
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          Like most of Neals books I found this book long and meandering, so I dropped it after a while, just wish he could better edit and pace his books. I enjoyed snow crash but every book of his I’ve tried since I could not finish.

      • fartographer@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        That’s literally the plot of The Shining. It’s in Stanley Kubrick’s hidden messages from the fake moon that he invented or something.

      • EvilFonzy@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        I.S.S. is based on that, there was a Cloverfield spin off that was pretty similar, too. I’m sure there are a bunch more, and I’d be interested to see them, too.