• StalinStan [none/use name]
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    1 month ago

    China should just fly around the ISS doing flips and shit. Like, they need to bring a skateboard and do a space walk with it. Just stunt on the US as hard as possible

    • weeen [any, any]
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      President Xi please liberate our astronauts from the broken boeing space capsules obama-spike

    • MoreAmphibians [none/use name]
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      1 month ago

      I think 2 years is considered the safe lifetime limit for being in space. Not sure how doing it all at once affects things.

    • LGOrcStreetSamurai [he/him]
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      1 month ago

      If we didn't live in the dumbest timeline possible, our International Space Station would be one of greatest achievements we would all celebrate and take it seriously. The ISS deserves better.

      • LeylaLove [she/her, love/loves]
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        1 month ago

        The ISS is a giant disappointment, but I always take comfort that the first person in space, Yuri Gagrin, was born on a collective farm. The first person up there was a worker, and that means the universe to me

        • LGOrcStreetSamurai [he/him]
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          1 month ago

          Hell yeah! It's wonderful to know that a worker went to the stars and saw how united we should all be. It's such a shame the "Space age" and all its wonder was wasted on Cold War bullshit.

    • BoxedFenders [any, comrade/them]
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      1 month ago

      Hmm, I hadn't even thought about their compensation. How are they paid anyway? Is it an annual salary or contractual pay per mission? I wonder if all of this counts as overtime.

    • dutchkimble@lemy.lol
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      1 month ago

      After returning would they bother to buy one book at a discounted price, if they had unlimited money to purchase things?

    • Weedian [he/him]
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      1 month ago

      im starting to see why some people refuse to believe that

    • Absolute@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 month ago

      Wow that movie is already almost 10 years old and I've still been meaning to get around to watching it

  • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]
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    1 month ago

    Government contracting in the US is like if you need a $3 can opener but you are only allowed to order from Acme Corp and they send you a sledgehammer with a stick of dynamite attached to the end along with a $500 invoice

    And then you are like yes good job this is exactly what I need and pay immediately then go on to see what else is in the catalog