"What's it like coming back to Earth?"

Feb 23, 2018 3:47 PM

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"What's it like coming back to Earth?"

Jim and Peggy answer questions at Kennedy.
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"We have been outside the cave. We can never relate to these people."

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I think we all know what hes talking about. Jealousy!

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Sometimes other people are clueless

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that's cool and all.. but why he keeps getting the same question over and over?

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what are their names? why do i know who kim kardashian is but not these guys?

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Original video features Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson. Op edited out Jack and put himself in

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i didnt even notice!

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First I thought it was about a real life Wall-E human

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He knows his audience.

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Why does Jabba get to ask all the questions?

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There is no going back to who you were after such an experience.

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Was that a very tongue in cheek swipe at trump? (Pumpkin...orange...)

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In the hobbits defense. In the movie, The Shire knew almost nothing of the outside world and didnt really care.

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Um actually they were invaded by a depowered white robed guy and his lackey along with a gang of hobits

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In the books yes, but movie no.

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So... like most people on earth?

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Thats the point.

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I can't stop laughing at that. I feel for the guy, but damn that's funny.

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I think it is fake. That guy is a filmmaker and edited out the real astronaut, Jack Fischer.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Your daily reminder that NASA is comprised of the biggest nerds in America and you will never approach their collective glory.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Why does he keep calling on the same person? Surely there are more questions.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That's what it's like since coming back from the Iraq war. I feel that dude

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It's like the inventors that changed our life in the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Nobody knows their names

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Fun fact: that model of the ISS costs $15,000 and sags because of the weight of the solar panels (the real one doesn't bow like that).

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Source: The placard on it at Goddard Space Center.

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Nifty

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I imagine the real one would probably sag like that if you put it on a proportionately large black plastic rod stand.

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Yeah, but where are we going to get that much plastic? We'd have to melt down Pamela Anderson.

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That one probably wouldn't bow either if it was in orbit!

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Fat guy is now thinking of pumpkin pie and lord of the rings

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Those are the only 2 things i think about.

8 years ago | Likes 37 Dislikes 0

Is that your username because you lost a finger or does the last one just not fit? Asking for a friend.

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Its a character from a series of books i like. The first law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. He writes sort of gritty grimdark fantasy.

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"I might be back on earth but I still feel some orbit from you."

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Always v

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"Meine 5000 Watt Bass Machine", lol I can't stop thinking of Lord of the Weed now

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hahaha Schwuchtel, eh! Hahaha! Du stinkst aba echt Junge, wie meine Oma unter den Achseln …

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I legit thought this was real for way too long

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Kind of like coming back from Iraq. It's a weird feeling to realize that the whole world moved on without you.

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Looks like a fat Andy Serkis

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Wait but....isn't that...is that Bilbo from the beginning of the 1st Hobbit movie? Holding the dwarves' contract or w/e? Or am I wrong

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Indeed, so the plot sub plot was there a long time before the Lord of the rings series

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why does he keep picking the same guy from the audience??? that's so rigged.

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I hate to be that guy, (who am I kinding, everyone knows that's not true) but that pumpkin isn't impressive when you consider the size of-

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Hobbits...

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Haha I never realized how early that was this subplot was planted

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Isn't this The Hobbit though?

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78 years would make for a really big pumpkin, is all I'm saying.

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'Planted'

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Lord of The Rings, the story of a brave hobbit who dares to grow the biggest pumpkin ever and some other guys do some other stuff.

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His name is Griffo Gamgee and he grows all kinds of gourds, you drooling troglodyte.

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Good use of the word

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And then his daughter uses it in part 2, ha

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To be fair, everybody knows who Yuri Gagarin is. Slightly less impressive when you're the 536th guy to go to space.

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Indeed. When you work hard to make space travel routine, those are the consequences of it being routine. Sad but true.

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I assure you that most people don't know who Yuri Gagarin is.

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He's the psychic guy who bends spoons, obviously.

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Fair enough. *Everybody who isnt a fucking retard or a small child knows who Yuri Gagarin is.

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Wow, what a thoroughly stupid thing to say

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What, you remember the names of every great person ever? Norman Borlaug, Katherine Johnson, John Vincent Atanasoff. All familiar to you?

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I'm impressed that you used the actual number of people who have gone to space and not a random one.

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Did s/he? How did you check?

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Well you know, I like to keep myself informed and try to memorize important & interesting statis-I CAN'T KEEPTHISUPIJUSTGOOGLEDITIMSOSORRY.

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so did i

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...said every combat veteran coming home

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hey i put a yellow ribbon on my car! /s

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Agree. Was going to say this is the case for each of us who feels we have accomplished something pretty profound, even if only personal. 1/2

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Has to be nightmarish for veterans. Thank you for your service. 2/2

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As an Iraq Vet, I prefer it this way. I don't need a pat on the back. Just wish we took better care of those with physical & mental wounds.

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LOLZ what? I got a standing ovation at the airport, and then had to walk in a stupid parade in Atlanta.

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"this hasn't been my experience, so it hasn't been anyone's experience"

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Fun fact: A lot of LOTR was influenced by Tolkien's own service in WWI. The experience of the hobbits intentionally mirrors returning vets.

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It still rings true....

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I really wish people would read the books the movies as long as they were left a lot out

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Why does he keep asking blue shirt guy, and why does blue shirt guy keep asking the same question?

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It's a good question Brent!

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You could SEE that guy from space!

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They're stuck in a loop.

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Smoothest perfect loop ever

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Because one is stuck on an infinite loop and the other is an idiot. - Professor Farnsworth

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The astronaut has short term memory loss.

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There's a deeper answer there, ICBING. Maybe no one wants to know, but it's something everyone needs to know. Never stop truthing.

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You have to wait, the funny part comes when the guy finally asks a different question.

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Are you, by any chance...KenM?

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That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me. Thank you so much!

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Did you ever look down at the Earth flip it the bird and scream, "Fuck you ground bitches!"?

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GROUND SCRUB

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There’s a comic where a girl masturbates while standing in front of a mirror looking at earth

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"If the world was a girl Id stick my d- in the ground and f- the world

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Skaikru leik gofloten yuon

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Filthy land walkers

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Where’s your spaceship, peasants?

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Happy birthday TO THE GROUND

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Dat fps tho

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Not worth the pixels

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Altered Carbon reference? If so, you need to get your head out of the clouds.

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I don't remember that from the book. Is it in the show? I haven't had the willpower to suffer through all of the episodes yet...

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I haven't read the book in years. From what I remember, I like the show more. The book felt kind of flat and uninteresting to me.

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Different tastes. I liked the book a lot more, because it explores the effects of DHF on society, whereas the show focuses on flashy action.

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I think my problem with that was the book came out in 2002. Felt ten or fifteen years too late for sci-fi literature.

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I see everyone's wearing their references on their sleeve today

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I'd sing "I've got the whole world in my hand" incessantly until the crew mutinies and ejects me into space

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about half of the 1st verse?

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ish negen bagen, snug de lug, a volkswagon da kia.....

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I just whisper to the ground "you're a dirty girl, aren't you?" That's how I first managed flight.

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Thanks!

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That sounds so much easier than learning how to throw myself at the ground and miss.

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Solid Douglas Adams reference.

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If only we treated are scientists like celebrities.

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Breaking news!!! Scientist claims he saved earth with his trip to space... Find out more at 6 o'clock

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Everyone knows you have to been an engineer, inventor, or an astrophysicist to get that celebrity status.

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Like, post stuff about their personal life? Encourage idol worship? I don't think that's what science merits.

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i see tyson and nye mentioned. but also sean carroll, brian greene, brian cox, lawrence krauss, etc. or only i think they are cool?

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By, say, putting them on television and asking them questions?

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I don't think they'd like that. But this would thrive different people for science careers

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Musk is close. His persona represents the sciences in addition to business.

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If only we paid our teachers like we do our pro athletes?

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That’s a huge mistake.. look at Nye and Tyson

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Nye’s degree is in engineering. What’s wrong with Tyson?

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*our

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Maybe we should hold our English teachers in higher esteem, too.

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*hour

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Well shit, In my defense I was using Siri’s auto dictation.

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science has failed us

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Siri missed the ball on that one

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Then was did you capitalize "in"? Siri knows when sentences begin and end. Or are you conveniently not using it now?

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I auto dictated the second part then I clicked ahead of it and then did the first part.

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*starts handing out torches*

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