Comments on: Spacemen are transmitting silent little floaty vlogs at planet Earth (also: laptops in orbit!) http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582144 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582144 #8, DV Revolutionary: I feel like I'm gonna get a "whoooshhhhh" for missing your joke, but why would your neck get sore? Your head wouldn't be so heavy in microgravity/orbit-freefall as to make your neck muscles hurt. Ergonomics is almost pointless in space. Your back hurts in a bad chair because your spine and local muscles are baring weight with leverage working against it. #8, DV Revolutionary:
I feel like I’m gonna get a “whoooshhhhh” for missing your joke, but why would your neck get sore?

Your head wouldn’t be so heavy in microgravity/orbit-freefall as to make your neck muscles hurt.

Ergonomics is almost pointless in space. Your back hurts in a bad chair because your spine and local muscles are baring weight with leverage working against it.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582400 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582400 just a`relation. just a`relation.

]]> By: beneditor http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582145 beneditor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582145 Proof that the geeks won, finally! Every time the video showed a shot out the window it caught my breath. I'm not suprised that they all seem to have a big smile on their faces all the time... Also - the space chick is a little hottie. Would totally test the effects of zero gravity with her, if you know what I mean... Proof that the geeks won, finally!

Every time the video showed a shot out the window it caught my breath. I’m not suprised that they all seem to have a big smile on their faces all the time…

Also – the space chick is a little hottie. Would totally test the effects of zero gravity with her, if you know what I mean…

]]> By: lolop http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582401 lolop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582401 no feng shui in space! no feng shui in space!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582146 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582146 I read "Spaceman" as "Spah-che-men". Too much 30 Rock. I read “Spaceman” as “Spah-che-men”. Too much 30 Rock.

]]> By: efergus3 http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582402 efergus3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582402 Arkizzle: "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) logo has three official designs, although one of them (the "worm") has been retired from official use since 1992. The three logos include the NASA insignia (also known as the meatball), the NASA logo (also known as the worm), and the NASA seal." Sorry. I was working at KSC when they had to repaint the side of the VAB. Arkizzle: “The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) logo has three official designs, although one of them (the “worm”) has been retired from official use since 1992. The three logos include the NASA insignia (also known as the meatball), the NASA logo (also known as the worm), and the NASA seal.” Sorry. I was working at KSC when they had to repaint the side of the VAB.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582405 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582405 good choice Airpillo, I need reminding of the emotion. good choice Airpillo, I need reminding of the emotion.

]]> By: chroma http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582151 chroma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582151 When did astronauts start dressing business casual? When did astronauts start dressing business casual?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582153 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582153 I used Daft Punk's "Discovery" - funny thing was that it seemed to synch really well sometimes! Excellent video. I used Daft Punk’s “Discovery” – funny thing was that it seemed to synch really well sometimes!
Excellent video.

]]> By: Spaceco http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582922 Spaceco Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582922 seriously awesome. seriously awesome.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582155 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582155 why couldn't the Boingers transmit silent little floaty vlogs too? why couldn’t the Boingers transmit silent little floaty vlogs too?

]]> By: Infinite Jones http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582162 Infinite Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582162 Good call on Boards of Canada - try Alpha and Omega, from the album Geogaddi. It's just about 7 mins long so you can just play it twice! Good call on Boards of Canada – try Alpha and Omega, from the album Geogaddi. It’s just about 7 mins long so you can just play it twice!

]]> By: gadgetophile http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582164 gadgetophile Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582164 That's pretty far out man. Are they affected by groovitational pull? That’s pretty far out man. Are they affected by groovitational pull?

]]> By: KurtMac http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582421 KurtMac Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582421 @AirPillo I have the same bizzare, irrational urge to post the same video on my blog every 2-months, despite the fact that I'm the only one who reads the damn thing. Its madness just trying to comprehend the fact that there are three Human Beings strapped to the very top of that rocket, speeding away at 17,000mph. I also recommend the Saturn V launch sequence from In The Shadow Of The Moon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNeeUYuRVlU Another well composed piece, juxtaposed to very delicate, innocent and almost child-like music. Like its just a bunch of eight-year-old kids pedaling their tricycles down a hill to see how fast they can go before the wheels fall off. Wonderful madness. @AirPillo I have the same bizzare, irrational urge to post the same video on my blog every 2-months, despite the fact that I’m the only one who reads the damn thing. Its madness just trying to comprehend the fact that there are three Human Beings strapped to the very top of that rocket, speeding away at 17,000mph.

I also recommend the Saturn V launch sequence from In The Shadow Of The Moon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNeeUYuRVlU

Another well composed piece, juxtaposed to very delicate, innocent and almost child-like music. Like its just a bunch of eight-year-old kids pedaling their tricycles down a hill to see how fast they can go before the wheels fall off. Wonderful madness.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582681 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582681 <blockquote>When did astronauts start dressing business casual?</blockquote> On <i>Star Trek</i> in 1966, I think.

When did astronauts start dressing business casual?

On Star Trek in 1966, I think.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582682 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582682 <blockquote>They are all so HAPPY. Must be some kind of good (endogenous) drug floating around up there. Can we trust people on such a manic high to do their jobs properly?</blockquote> These are not randomly selected people off the street. These are the most rigorously screened people in the world. They have exactly the personalities and emotions specified in the mission plan.

They are all so HAPPY. Must be some kind of good (endogenous) drug floating around up there.

Can we trust people on such a manic high to do their jobs properly?

These are not randomly selected people off the street. These are the most rigorously screened people in the world. They have exactly the personalities and emotions specified in the mission plan.

]]> By: complicity http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582172 complicity Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582172 The only laptops rated for the space station and shuttle are IBM ThinkPads. See: http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/space/space_thinkpad.html IBM Archive: IBM ThinkPads in space http://news.cnet.com/IBM-blasts-off-with-ThinkPads-in-space/2100-1040_3-236293.html IBM blasts off with ThinkPads in space, Joe Wilcox, CNET, January 31, 2000. No word on whether Chinese Lenovo ThinkPad successors will make the cut. The only laptops rated for the space station and shuttle are IBM ThinkPads. See:

http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/space/space_thinkpad.html
IBM Archive: IBM ThinkPads in space

http://news.cnet.com/IBM-blasts-off-with-ThinkPads-in-space/2100-1040_3-236293.html
IBM blasts off with ThinkPads in space, Joe Wilcox, CNET, January 31, 2000.

No word on whether Chinese Lenovo ThinkPad successors will make the cut.

]]> By: pshaffer http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582176 pshaffer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582176 several reactions: The lighting for photography is so excellent Do they have to go through and shut off/turn on lights every 45 minutes for sundown/sunrise? They are all so HAPPY. Must be some kind of good (endogenous) drug floating around up there. Can we trust people on such a manic high to do their jobs properly? Moving the astronauts in from outside looks like they are so much luggage. several reactions:

The lighting for photography is so excellent

Do they have to go through and shut off/turn on lights every 45 minutes for sundown/sunrise?

They are all so HAPPY. Must be some kind of good (endogenous) drug floating around up there.

Can we trust people on such a manic high to do their jobs properly?

Moving the astronauts in from outside looks like they are so much luggage.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582177 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582177 Quite interesting. Video from the orbit might be the artifact inherited from Soviet Russia. Many thought that videos were just a gimmick used for propaganda. Yet after fall of USSR some psychologists, who could finally talk, have explained that video was used mainly as a way to observe people in the orbit and to detect early mental disorders which might be caused by such missions. Astronauts pass special training with conditions and environment similar to those on space stations. During the trainings video is also recorded and later used as a reference. That's why video quality has to be high: to see precise facial expressions. Though I'm not sure whether they still practice that or not. Quite interesting. Video from the orbit might be the artifact inherited from Soviet Russia.

Many thought that videos were just a gimmick used for propaganda. Yet after fall of USSR some psychologists, who could finally talk, have explained that video was used mainly as a way to observe people in the orbit and to detect early mental disorders which might be caused by such missions. Astronauts pass special training with conditions and environment similar to those on space stations. During the trainings video is also recorded and later used as a reference. That’s why video quality has to be high: to see precise facial expressions.

Though I’m not sure whether they still practice that or not.

]]> By: travelina http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582178 travelina Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582178 Here's the NASA website on this space shuttle mission with bios, photos and descriptions of what they're doing up there: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts128/ You can follow the mission on Twitter here: http://twitter.com/STS128 Here’s the NASA website on this space shuttle mission with bios, photos and descriptions of what they’re doing up there: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts128/

You can follow the mission on Twitter here: http://twitter.com/STS128

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582180 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582180 Apparently they are using Linux but have cleverly made it look like Windows so as not to confuse people ;) Apparently they are using Linux but have cleverly made it look like Windows so as not to confuse people ;)

]]> By: Anne K. http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582181 Anne K. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582181 Thanks for bringing this to our notice! Very cool and yet surreal with all the floating going on. Watching the astronaut outside with the earth behind him/her actually gave me bad enough vertigo that I had to fast forward. Crazy! Thanks for bringing this to our notice! Very cool and yet surreal with all the floating going on. Watching the astronaut outside with the earth behind him/her actually gave me bad enough vertigo that I had to fast forward. Crazy!

]]> By: unruly katy http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582182 unruly katy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582182 Gravity's such a buzzkill. Gravity’s such a buzzkill.

]]> By: jmcgarry http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582187 jmcgarry Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582187 I know what you mean. Last night they were just basically pulling cables on the EVA, and all I could think was, "OMG they are pulling cables... in Space!" I know what you mean. Last night they were just basically pulling cables on the EVA, and all I could think was, “OMG they are pulling cables… in Space!”

]]> By: icky2000 http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582190 icky2000 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582190 Banal and mindblowing explains it perfectly. I'd not seen any of the HD video before - so amazing! Banal and mindblowing explains it perfectly. I’d not seen any of the HD video before – so amazing!

]]> By: palilay2 http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582192 palilay2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582192 This is awesome. Though - apparently in space, HD video cameras only work in 12 fps. Wtf? :P This is awesome. Though – apparently in space, HD video cameras only work in 12 fps. Wtf? :P

]]> By: arkizzle / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582193 arkizzle / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582193 What drifts past @ 4:47? Palilay2, framerate was fine for me.. What drifts past @ 4:47?

Palilay2, framerate was fine for me..

]]> By: teufelsdroch http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582194 teufelsdroch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582194 Agreed with 28, while I've seen various footage from space (black and white, stuff from ISS, etc), having this in HD makes a HUGE difference. And it seems to me that the ISS is only now coming together? Those shots catching the shuttle's wing and then Earth are spectacular. And every once in a while there's a weird change of perspective, or the necklaces floating surreal, or somebody just decided to float 'upside down'. Anybody thinking of making a sci-fi flick should pay very, very close attention to these vlogs. Agreed with 28, while I’ve seen various footage from space (black and white, stuff from ISS, etc), having this in HD makes a HUGE difference. And it seems to me that the ISS is only now coming together?

Those shots catching the shuttle’s wing and then Earth are spectacular. And every once in a while there’s a weird change of perspective, or the necklaces floating surreal, or somebody just decided to float ‘upside down’. Anybody thinking of making a sci-fi flick should pay very, very close attention to these vlogs.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-582450 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582450 I want a pair of those blue spacepants with the (for lack of a better word) hip bumpers. Way cool looking. Also, doesn't anyone think of Randy in "A Christmas Story" when they see how much effort it takes to unpack a person from a spacesuit? I want a pair of those blue spacepants with the (for lack of a better word) hip bumpers. Way cool looking.

Also, doesn’t anyone think of Randy in “A Christmas Story” when they see how much effort it takes to unpack a person from a spacesuit?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/05/spacemen-are-transmi.html#comment-584758 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-584758 Gah, seeing a fellow Swede in space :D frikking proud! Watch 11.59, when they take him in. So Coooool! Gah, seeing a fellow Swede in space :D frikking proud! Watch 11.59, when they take him in. So Coooool!

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