Comments on: Cosmonauts urinating on a bus http://boingboing.net/2008/06/19/cosmonauts-urinating.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 09:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: airshowfan http://boingboing.net/2008/06/19/cosmonauts-urinating.html#comment-214807 airshowfan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-214807 Didn't Alan Shepard <a href="http://www.thespaceplace.com/history/mercury/mercury03.html">urinate IN his space-suit</a> while sitting in the rocket on the launchpad waiting to become the first American in space? Didn’t Alan Shepard urinate IN his space-suit while sitting in the rocket on the launchpad waiting to become the first American in space?

]]> By: Jeff http://boingboing.net/2008/06/19/cosmonauts-urinating.html#comment-214817 Jeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-214817 Need a "In Soviet Russia..." joke. Need a “In Soviet Russia…” joke.

]]> By: umbilicaleyeball http://boingboing.net/2008/06/19/cosmonauts-urinating.html#comment-214827 umbilicaleyeball Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-214827 Ys, bt wht ln Shprd dd wn't mk hm sx ffndr n th S. Ys, bt wht ln Shprd dd wn’t mk hm sx ffndr n th S.

]]> By: Viadd http://boingboing.net/2008/06/19/cosmonauts-urinating.html#comment-215608 Viadd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-215608 Maybe Laika did it first. Maybe Laika did it first.

]]> By: artbot http://boingboing.net/2008/06/19/cosmonauts-urinating.html#comment-215098 artbot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-215098 #5 - In Soviet Russia, bus wheels pee on you! #5 – In Soviet Russia, bus wheels pee on you!

]]> By: eustace http://boingboing.net/2008/06/19/cosmonauts-urinating.html#comment-215623 eustace Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-215623 Thanks, Artbot! As to whether or not Laika precedes Alan Shepard in this regard, perhaps further research is in order. Or, considering the subject, not. Thanks, Artbot!
As to whether or not Laika precedes Alan Shepard in this regard, perhaps further research is in order. Or, considering the subject, not.

]]> By: chillitom http://boingboing.net/2008/06/19/cosmonauts-urinating.html#comment-214858 chillitom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-214858 Mark Shuttleworth spoke about performing this ritual during his talk at the first LUG Radio Live. Mark Shuttleworth spoke about performing this ritual during his talk at the first LUG Radio Live.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/06/19/cosmonauts-urinating.html#comment-215628 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-215628 Whereas Laika died of heat stress, she was probably dehydrated and anuric. Whereas Laika died of heat stress, she was probably dehydrated and anuric.

]]> By: Delta Whiskey http://boingboing.net/2008/06/19/cosmonauts-urinating.html#comment-214865 Delta Whiskey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-214865 It's written about in the book "Two sides of the moon" by US astronaut David Scott and Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov. It’s written about in the book “Two sides of the moon” by US astronaut David Scott and Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov.

]]> By: elvisneedsboats http://boingboing.net/2008/06/19/cosmonauts-urinating.html#comment-214951 elvisneedsboats Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-214951 Yer tellin' me that a trouser zipper is all that protects them from the rigors of space? Yer tellin’ me that a trouser zipper is all that protects them from the rigors of space?

]]> By: Lord Xenu http://boingboing.net/2008/06/19/cosmonauts-urinating.html#comment-214972 Lord Xenu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-214972 Always go BEFORE you take off. Always go BEFORE you take off.

]]> By: Tits McGee http://boingboing.net/2008/06/19/cosmonauts-urinating.html#comment-214766 Tits McGee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-214766 That is <i>exactly</i> what I needed to see this morning. Thank you. That is exactly what I needed to see this morning.

Thank you.

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2008/06/19/cosmonauts-urinating.html#comment-215023 Gilbert Wham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-215023 ELVISNEEDSBOATS: Yeah, I had a wait-a-minute moment there too, but that's their undersuits they're wearing in that shot. Russian spacesuits are entered thru a hinged panel on the back. No fly there, button or zip... ELVISNEEDSBOATS: Yeah, I had a wait-a-minute moment there too, but that’s their undersuits they’re wearing in that shot. Russian spacesuits are entered thru a hinged panel on the back. No fly there, button or zip…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/06/19/cosmonauts-urinating.html#comment-214773 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-214773 Hi! I think the picture is exactly what it seems. "The losing hand: tradition and superstition in spaceflight" by Alan Murphy Tuesday, May 27, 2008 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1137/1 Also, there is a sharper image at this URL: http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=1977 Regards! Hi! I think the picture is exactly what it seems.

“The losing hand: tradition and superstition in spaceflight”
by Alan Murphy
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1137/1

Also, there is a sharper image at this URL:

http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=1977

Regards!

]]> By: strider_mt2k http://boingboing.net/2008/06/19/cosmonauts-urinating.html#comment-214777 strider_mt2k Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-214777 This is most assuredly NOT an urban legend. Gregarin had to piss on his way to the pad. Now they all piss on the way to the pad. Given the opportunity, I'd be honored to piss on that bus wheel considering what follows! :D They have their own set of rituals just like western astronauts do. (Just more fatalistic in a life-affirming way.) This is most assuredly NOT an urban legend.

Gregarin had to piss on his way to the pad.
Now they all piss on the way to the pad.

Given the opportunity, I’d be honored to piss on that bus wheel considering what follows! :D

They have their own set of rituals just like western astronauts do.
(Just more fatalistic in a life-affirming way.)

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2008/06/19/cosmonauts-urinating.html#comment-214779 Jake0748 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-214779 In space, no one can hear you pee. In space, no one can hear you pee.

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