By: koeselitz
The way she starts shooting around the station just for the hell of it at one point is awesome. "Like Superman!" :D
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I want to go to space soooooo badly. Also, Sunita Williams, what an amazing person.
View ArticleBy: koeselitz
This is basically the coolest thing ever. I wish I had something more substantive to add, but that's pretty much it. Thanks, Brandon Blatcher.
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ARTHUR DENT:Good grief! Is this really the interior of a flying saucer? FORD PREFECT: It certainly is. What do you think? ARTHUR DENT:Well, it's a bit squalid isn't it? FORD PREFECT:What did you...
View ArticleBy: dhartung
Any eerie noises are probably fans or pumps of various types. Yeah, the Russians still run those dryer-exhaust tubes full of things like electrical lines and O2 hoses right through the hatches --...
View ArticleBy: The Whelk
Oh god I had a near religious moment when we looked back at Earth in the copula, I had to keep reminding myself NOT A MOVIE! NOT CG! ACTUAL REAL SPACE SHIT IN SPACE AHHH! I couldn't stop staring at her...
View ArticleBy: marienbad
Awesome. Strange how her legs moved in zero-g when she was "stood" still. And what was that eerie noise at about 20/21 minutes?
View ArticleBy: The Bellman
I agree with the Whelk. I almost can't watch it from pure, ugly jealousy. I love that Russian engineers clearly don't give a fuck about human factors design - they're all about cramming as much science...
View ArticleBy: Brandon Blatcher
but 3 minutes in and I am loving both her enthusiasm and her zero-gravity hairdo. Watch it with sound, she's great and clearly having a ball. Watching her place Superman in the PMM can't help but make...
View ArticleBy: The Whelk
this is some of the clearest, most high res video I've seen form the inside of the ISS AND I WANT TO GO THERE RIGHT NOW OH GOD SPACE WHY AM I NOT IN SPACE RIGHT NOW
View ArticleBy: elizardbits
I have no sound on this computer so I can't really truly watch this til I get home, but 3 minutes in and I am loving both her enthusiasm and her zero-gravity hairdo.
View ArticleBy: Brandon Blatcher
The view outside from the Cupola, about 12 minutes in, is fantastic.
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Astronaut, and Expedition 33 Commander, Sunita Williams gives a tour of the International Space Station.
View ArticleBy: Brandon Blatcher
Hey koeselitz, on Apollo 8, Williams Anders was mildly freaking out about the fact that anyone on board could open the hatch and kill them all. He wasn't going nuts or anything close, but it was...
View ArticleBy: koeselitz
Yeah, I am totally excited by this, but part of that is incredulity that human beings can put up with being in those situations. I mean, there are a lot of reasons why they'll never let me on the space...
View ArticleBy: DarlingBri
My interest in space is pretty much the exact opposite of The Whelk's and can pretty much be summed up on most days as "blergh, space." I really, really did not think I was going to get through 25...
View ArticleBy: octothorpe
Wow, only read Commander William's bio if you're prepared to feel like a complete failure in life.
View ArticleBy: octothorpe
The Whelk: "IBM THINKPADS IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE." I know, they look exactly like the one sitting in my stupid cube in my office right now. Weird to think that consumer technology is advanced enough that...
View ArticleBy: jjj606
And see this metafilter thread: Space Jam from April 2011. Astronaut Cady Coleman in the Cupola with her flutes. More wild hair too. How Fast is the ISS's Internet? It is 10mb/3mb. It's easy to see the...
View ArticleBy: Brandon Blatcher
...and still an active astronaut so potentially able to climb to fourth or third on the list. Depends on whether she feels this command caps her career or not. If current plans for a manned lunar...
View ArticleBy: koeselitz
Holy cow, that thing orbits the earth almost sixteen times per day? I am now consumed with curiosity and wonder about this crazy thing human beings have done. I wonder if they have the internet up...
View ArticleBy: michswiss
Just showed this to my 11 year old niece. She watched and watched and watched, muttering awesome under her breath every few minutes.
View ArticleBy: dhartung
They're not really separate at all, smackfu -- there's no door or anything, just a change in size and technology. The FGB really is the functional "bridge" of the whole station. Given that there are no...
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