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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
I'm not sure if "have to" is true. I'm sure they could refuse. The consequences might include not being an astronaut, but that's probably the same as your option.
The mental image of one if them dancing into the whitehouse like a Ghanaian palbearer just to flip everyone off and say 'I don't give a fuck what you creepy old paedos have to say. I went to the fucking moon,' is immensely entertaining.
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.
The paranormal community at large has been treating UFOs and aliens as transdimensional entities indistinguishable from historical and biblical demons for a long time now, including Djinn, fae, elves, earth spirits, and ghosts.
'Demon's the way they use it are ones who reveal themselves, as opposed to those who hide in the shadows. Demon - strate, demonstrate themselves.
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.
Yeah I understand, but I was trying (and apparently failing) to emphasize that Trump's speech was not here or there in such an international team, which is in part why the reaction is as it was.
do you mean that it might be that they couldn't make up everything he was saying? sorry, as a non native speaker myself, your wording confused me a bit 😅
Not quite, I'm not a native speaker either so sorry if it wasn't clear.
I meant that for the Canadian astronaut and all the Spaniard and Canadian teammates that have made this possible, Trump talking about the US is as if the US astronauts were to receive a speech from Pedro Sanchez about Spain.
No wonder they look like they don't care, it's not the place to talk about the US.
Sorry, I didnt want to attack you, it just something that bothers me lately, as the American continents are so much more than just the USA. With great culture and landscape.
You assume incorrectly. I’ve been watching the stream for days. They named their craft Integrity, for fuck’s sake. They have been promoting messages of unity and global cooperation for the betterment of ALL humankind. Does that sound MAGA to you?
I was watching live when Trump called in, and the astronauts were clearly trying to emphasize the benefits of diversity and co-operation, and I'm quite sure none of that sunk in. Trump was too busy mispronouncing names, not knowing the difference between the name of the mission and the name of the craft, big noting his own role in funding NASA (while his administration has been actively attacking NASA) and generally waffling on because he likes to listen to himself speak.
The next call after that also had the NASA director comment something like "I'm sure this call won't be as special as that last one" whereupon commander Wiseman burst out laughing so I'm pretty confident those involved in the mission are not in Trump's camp. Which is to be expected, because their jobs require them to be humans with functioning brains.
Russian astronauts have to be ardent Putin supporters (and they're not allowed to talk to others on the ISS) but US astronauts don't have to be MAGAts. Yet.
In space, no one can hear your cringe
... but we can see it.
"oh you're breaking up i think we're going through a tunnel"
After 30 seconds of akward silence they asked if the connection was okay, it was beautiful to see
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.
"Wait I think there is someone outside the airlock, we will go and check!"
Maybe they've got some Farscape episodes on their computers. Probably watching them enviously.
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.
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.
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".
This is fucking amazing
Yes they were actually very polite, they knew they were speaking with a demented narcissist.
Pedophile
Why not both?
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.
All the sci-fi movies? Can I get some recommendations?
Not a movie, but a music video for a great song
Stuck in the Sound - Let's Go
I enjoyed that, thanks!
I would not have clicked if not for this comment.
Did you enjoy too???
I did. I even downloaded.
Such a banger song and video.
Woah. Thanks for this.
Dr. Stone technically counts
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.
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.
I agree with this.
If you want someone with similar style stories that is less wandering, try Daniel Suarez.
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.
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.
"DEFCON-4" leaps to mind (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087130/).
Yeah the NASA twitch stream had to swap to emojis only.
🤡🤡🤡
🐔
🌮
I need a clip desperately of the chat
Brand new sentence
You can say an awful lot with emojis. Is there a transcript somewhere?
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.
totally worth it.
free ride to the moon and a chance to
killmeet the most sadistic megalomaniac in history?hell yeah, sign me the fuck up!
It ain't free. They're on the clock, they're being paid.
Even better!
I like the way you think lol
I'm not sure if "have to" is true. I'm sure they could refuse. The consequences might include not being an astronaut, but that's probably the same as your option.
I would have stayed in moon orbit.
The mental image of one if them dancing into the whitehouse like a Ghanaian palbearer just to flip everyone off and say 'I don't give a fuck what you creepy old paedos have to say. I went to the fucking moon,' is immensely entertaining.
Luckiest folks in the human race. Furthest from Trump.
Furthest from Trump and yet were told they needed to be on a direct call with him. Apparently even being in space isn’t enough.
They could presumably be within 300 miles of him.
As of this writing they're still over 300,000 km away from the Earth. https://artemis.cdnspace.ca/
Doh they’re going to the moon! I was thinking the ISS.
They were behind the moon. Now on the way back.
I hope they listened to that one cd
They left LEO a while ago. But, point taken. Kinda funny that they could be "technically" closer to him than someone across the country.
The two on the left imagining just never going back to earth
We feel you mister astronaut. The entire planet is with you.
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.
The mission may be called Integrity, but this part was pure Endurance.
Correction: The mission is called Artemis 2. Integrity is the callsign the Orion capsule was given by its crew.
Underrated comment lol
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.
Am I gonna regret asking
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LEf2ykgUrWI
Probably the best speech he's ever made tbh.
The good part of the speech took about 60 seconds, FYI. (Way longer than in that video.)
(https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2741491172 9:38:05)
Wow that was surprisingly... tame?
He knows they're way smarter than he is, so he ducked out fast.
Lol
I think they were expecting more lol
The addition of the music makes it 10 times funnier.
I'd like to commend Trump for lowering himself to talk to a woman and shudder A Black
He's not black, he's a "low IQ individual." That's the phrase he ALWAYS uses when referring to a black person.
Don't forget "thugs"
Funnily enough. There's no woman nor person of color farther away from him than these two.
Lucky, lucky people
Me when astronauts start blathering about the bible:
Yuppp
Epstein's on the Moon, with email this time.
I got no space for joy about this moonshot, wish I did.
I want to see their faces when ICE fishes them out of the ocean ...
I believe they qualify as demons in the US. Not even fully kidding.
The paranormal community at large has been treating UFOs and aliens as transdimensional entities indistinguishable from historical and biblical demons for a long time now, including Djinn, fae, elves, earth spirits, and ghosts.
'Demon's the way they use it are ones who reveal themselves, as opposed to those who hide in the shadows. Demon - strate, demonstrate themselves.
Also, Trump referring to Jeremy Hansen:
Source
'4 brave astronuts'
Vic Mackey is so done with this shit.
They are glad to have left the earth.
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.
couldn't fit them all in the top comment
::: spoiler spoiler :::
Thats called Resting Bitch Face. Its more common than you think
I will say I found plenty of pics of him seeming to enjoy himself when looking for the past ones I saw. The best one is probably this one
ironically it's from a video about how they're returning home though lol
Will ICE be waiting for them?
They are not American only, what do you expect.
not the point
Yeah I understand, but I was trying (and apparently failing) to emphasize that Trump's speech was not here or there in such an international team, which is in part why the reaction is as it was.
do you mean that it might be that they couldn't make up everything he was saying? sorry, as a non native speaker myself, your wording confused me a bit 😅
I’m a native speaker and can’t make it out either so don’t blame yourself.
Not quite, I'm not a native speaker either so sorry if it wasn't clear.
I meant that for the Canadian astronaut and all the Spaniard and Canadian teammates that have made this possible, Trump talking about the US is as if the US astronauts were to receive a speech from Pedro Sanchez about Spain.
No wonder they look like they don't care, it's not the place to talk about the US.
you mean not US-American.
Yeah, sorry. "Not from the US". In Spanish I'd say "estadounidense", but there's no such word in english sadly. USian isn't a word lol.
Also technically isn't Mexico also USM the same way US is USA? Not my fault they decide to call themselves the continent and no one stopped it. 😅
It is United Mexican States so it would be UMS
Sorry, I didnt want to attack you, it just something that bothers me lately, as the American continents are so much more than just the USA. With great culture and landscape.
Ah no, you didn't. I also get annoyed with that but... They kinda force us to do it. I'm not even from the Americas. :_)
The struggle is real.
Hard to hide honest reactions
I assume only maga astronauts (or ones who can do a convincing facsimile thereof) on the ground would be allowed in the crew.
You assume incorrectly. I’ve been watching the stream for days. They named their craft Integrity, for fuck’s sake. They have been promoting messages of unity and global cooperation for the betterment of ALL humankind. Does that sound MAGA to you?
I was watching live when Trump called in, and the astronauts were clearly trying to emphasize the benefits of diversity and co-operation, and I'm quite sure none of that sunk in. Trump was too busy mispronouncing names, not knowing the difference between the name of the mission and the name of the craft, big noting his own role in funding NASA (while his administration has been actively attacking NASA) and generally waffling on because he likes to listen to himself speak.
The next call after that also had the NASA director comment something like "I'm sure this call won't be as special as that last one" whereupon commander Wiseman burst out laughing so I'm pretty confident those involved in the mission are not in Trump's camp. Which is to be expected, because their jobs require them to be humans with functioning brains.
Thanks for the synopsis - you've saved me a few braincells
Astronauts are highly educated and trained individuals. Not a single MAGA ding dong is qualified to go into space.
The Russian scientists on the ISS are all Putin fans, though.
Or pretend to be, at least. Then they "accidentally" had to much yellow fabric left over, so their space suits turned out blue and yellow ...
Not easy to get thrown out of a window when in space.
You haven't seen the illiterate statistics for them yet have you lol
Russian astronauts have to be ardent Putin supporters (and they're not allowed to talk to others on the ISS) but US astronauts don't have to be MAGAts. Yet.