by Grania
And now something to relax and soothe the brain after all the vexatious stuff.
If the ISS has done nothing else, its public outreach has provided humankind with a wealth of images.
#Aurora time-lapse under moonlight.https://t.co/K3PkbiCvvR
— Kjell Lindgren (@astro_kjell) September 5, 2015
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Dr. Kjell Norwood Lindgren is a NASA astronaut on the ISS since July this year. His team posed for this delightfully nerdy poster to commemorate their mission.
“team posed for this delightfully nerdy poster to commemorate their mission.”
That’s why I decided not to be an astronaut.
Couldn’t stand photo-shoots, eh?
Fair enough. 🙂
I wonder what the poster would look like were it “delightfully jocky.”
Darn – I keep reading ISS as
ISIS😩
Looking at aurora borealis is still on my bucket list.
Not too delightful, his team is alll guys.
I was kind of sorry to see Samantha Cristoforetti leave orbit.
OK, that is the coolest NASA commemorative picture ever. You don’t agree?
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I find your lack of faith disturbing.
I love it too!
Why is nerdy an insult? It should be a compliment – most of the most interesting people are nerds.
But being a nerd doesn’t increase the probability of being interesting.
Obsessing over Star Trek, Star Wars, comic books, or Dungeons and Dragons is a bad sign.
Does being a jock (or for that matter a CEO or a Kanye Westesque “artist”) increase the probability of being interesting?
An interesting person is one who can convey knowledge in a way that is meaningful to the listener. I’ve run into carpenters who could do this and test pilots who could not.
Nerds tend to lack the social skills to do this effectively, because it does require an ability to get into the head of the listener.
Being a jock doesn’t mean that you aren’t a nerd. If all you do and think about is football, you’re a football nerd and just as boring as the guy learning to speak Klingon.
So, to answer your question, it depends.
That is a good point. Especially on carpenters and small engine mechanics, in my personal experience. They can be amazingly wise and intelligent.
Liking Star Trek is good – obsessing is bad!
A fine poster! Thank you very much, I like it.
Thomas Hardy approves your title.
So, if one of Mission 45 needs to do an EVA (“Open the pod bay doors, HAL”) to fix something in the supports for the solar panels, will he have gone over to the dark side?