Comments on: New picture window for the space station http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 14:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-530697 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530697 In the NASA press release they describe one window in American (20 inches) and the new one in Metric (80 cm). That is incredibly stupid. No wonder NASA lost a Mars Orbiter in 1999 - One engineering team used American and one used Metric. http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/30/mars.metric/ In the NASA press release they describe one window in American (20 inches) and the new one in Metric (80 cm). That is incredibly stupid.

No wonder NASA lost a Mars Orbiter in 1999 – One engineering team used American and one used Metric. http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/30/mars.metric/

]]> By: artbot http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-530193 artbot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530193 Dark Star reference - FTW! Dark Star reference – FTW!

]]> By: ChunkyMonkeyBrain http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-529973 ChunkyMonkeyBrain Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-529973 sounds like the astronauts who do a spacewalk after the installation will get the first "dual moon" viewpoint while facing the station. ... do they carry a can of those Windex wipes on the mission? sounds like the astronauts who do a spacewalk after the installation will get the first “dual moon” viewpoint while facing the station.

…

do they carry a can of those Windex wipes on the mission?

]]> By: Phrosty http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-530232 Phrosty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530232 Tranquility, humbug! I voted for Serenity. Tranquility, humbug! I voted for Serenity.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-529980 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-529980 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QahzbgUVwk&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QahzbgUVwk&feature=related

]]> By: InsertFingerHere http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-530249 InsertFingerHere Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530249 I can't wait to see this thing open, it's going to feel like such a new step in space for us. Best thing ever. Just put a couch there, let the cabin fill with the multicoloured glow of indicator lamps, and have a joint. I think I would like to die like that, actually. I can’t wait to see this thing open, it’s going to feel like such a new step in space for us.

Best thing ever. Just put a couch there, let the cabin fill with the multicoloured glow of indicator lamps, and have a joint.

I think I would like to die like that, actually.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-530250 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530250 you...you didn't vote for Colbert??! you…you didn’t vote for Colbert??!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-530511 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530511 About Goddamn time we had some cool looking spacecraft up there already. About Goddamn time we had some cool looking spacecraft up there already.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-532823 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532823 It's about time the ISS astronauts actually had a decent-sized window. I feel sorry for those poor guys, trapped inside a tin can for six months at a time. The cupola will really help. It’s about time the ISS astronauts actually had a decent-sized window. I feel sorry for those poor guys, trapped inside a tin can for six months at a time. The cupola will really help.

]]> By: pentomino http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-529771 pentomino Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-529771 That's the thing I didn't believe in Apollo 13, where Lovell was being urged to get a look at the moon's surface, and he says "I've seen it." That’s the thing I didn’t believe in Apollo 13, where Lovell was being urged to get a look at the moon’s surface, and he says “I’ve seen it.”

]]> By: Joel Johnson http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-529774 Joel Johnson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-529774 That is well worth my tax dollars. That is well worth my tax dollars.

]]> By: bjacques http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-530542 bjacques Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530542 And just the place to watch for the Phoenix Asteroids! (second, dangit!) And just the place to watch for the Phoenix Asteroids!

(second, dangit!)

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-529778 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-529778 what if they see something they aren't supposed to see? what if they see something they aren’t supposed to see?

]]> By: Powerphail http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-529788 Powerphail Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-529788 Smoking a bowl there would be intense. Smoking a bowl there would be intense.

]]> By: lava http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-530046 lava Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530046 I'm loving those retractable window shields I’m loving those retractable window shields

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-529791 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-529791 speaking of, is there a body of literature describing pharmaceutical experience in space and micro-gravity yet? speaking of, is there a body of literature describing pharmaceutical experience in space and micro-gravity yet?

]]> By: Clemoh http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-529797 Clemoh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-529797 It looks like they reverse-engineered a TIE fighter cockpit. It looks like they reverse-engineered a TIE fighter cockpit.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-530318 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530318 <i>is there a body of literature describing pharmaceutical experience in space and micro-gravity yet?</i> Don't Panic. is there a body of literature describing pharmaceutical experience in space and micro-gravity yet?

Don’t Panic.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-530321 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530321 useless without a towel. useless without a towel.

]]> By: Chris S http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-529819 Chris S Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-529819 Another step towards the Total Perspective Vortex. Another step towards the Total Perspective Vortex.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-530339 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530339 Also the perfect place for microgravity sex. As long as the ISS is not near any spy satellites. Or over Palomar. Also the perfect place for microgravity sex.

As long as the ISS is not near any spy satellites.

Or over Palomar.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-530340 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530340 That looks exactly like something that showed up on the "Moonlite Mile" anime... ¿Isn't it a caption from the show? That looks exactly like something that showed up on the “Moonlite Mile” anime… ¿Isn’t it a caption from the show?

]]> By: Mojave http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-529835 Mojave Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-529835 I have been following the progress of this cupola for years and cannot wait to finally see it in place. The views are going to be amazing!! I hope we can get a full time webcam streaming from there 24/7. I have been following the progress of this cupola for years and cannot wait to finally see it in place. The views are going to be amazing!! I hope we can get a full time webcam streaming from there 24/7.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-529838 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-529838 so, what motion would be imparted to the station if the window-covers were rippled open and closed in following sequence? so, what motion would be imparted to the station if the window-covers were rippled open and closed in following sequence?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-530351 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530351 Verry cool! Can I come up to play? Verry cool! Can I come up to play?

]]> By: minTphresh http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-529843 minTphresh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-529843 filled with awesome WIN! filled with awesome WIN!

]]> By: GregLondon http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-529852 GregLondon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-529852 TIE fighter, eh? Well, it does have solar panels. I wonder if it howls as it flies by you in space. It's orbiting over your part of the planet right now. Go out on your porch and listen for the howl. ...mmmeeeeerrrrrrooooowwwww.... TIE fighter, eh? Well, it does have solar panels. I wonder if it howls as it flies by you in space.

It’s orbiting over your part of the planet right now. Go out on your porch and listen for the howl.

…mmmeeeeerrrrrrooooowwwww….

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-529863 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-529863 @8 now that is a hell of a good idea! I think it should be demanded. @8 now that is a hell of a good idea! I think it should be demanded.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-530634 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-530634 10-forward. 2 taikonauts, one cupola. 10-forward.
2 taikonauts, one cupola.

]]> By: Len Bonacci http://boingboing.net/2009/06/29/new-picture-window-f.html#comment-529876 Len Bonacci Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-529876 "Where's Talby?" "He's in the Cupola..." “Where’s Talby?”

“He’s in the Cupola…”

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