Comments on: Russia: Cosmonaut's Day and Yuri Gagarin gala at the Kremlin (video) http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/russia-cosmonauts-da.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 20:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/russia-cosmonauts-da.html#comment-1083172 IronEdithKidd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083172 I just checked the almanac for Moscow on the 12th. It was 0 degrees Celcius. Not as cold as you might be imagining. I just checked the almanac for Moscow on the 12th. It was 0 degrees Celcius. Not as cold as you might be imagining.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/russia-cosmonauts-da.html#comment-1082948 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082948 How appropriate that a guy named Miles O'Brien chose to be a space journalist How appropriate that a guy named Miles O’Brien chose to be a space journalist

]]> By: inkfumes http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/russia-cosmonauts-da.html#comment-1082963 inkfumes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082963 Shameless plug for my t-shirt that commemorates the cosmonauts lost to the Russian Space Program. Some were launched on modified R-52 Ballistic missiles at the Kapustin Yar launch base... Farewell Cosmonaut: http://www.zazzle.com/farewell_cosmonaut_tshirt-235697851248014314 Shameless plug for my t-shirt that commemorates the cosmonauts lost to the Russian Space Program. Some were launched on modified R-52 Ballistic missiles at the Kapustin Yar launch base…

Farewell Cosmonaut: http://www.zazzle.com/farewell_cosmonaut_tshirt-235697851248014314

]]> By: NoctilucentStudios http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/russia-cosmonauts-da.html#comment-1082976 NoctilucentStudios Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082976 ""as we all trudged back to the hotel."" Really Xeni, you trudged back? Or was it more like goosestepping with a joyous esprit de corps? Amirite, Comrade? “”as we all trudged back to the hotel.”"

Really Xeni, you trudged back? Or was it more like goosestepping with a joyous esprit de corps?

Amirite, Comrade?

]]> By: Utenzil http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/russia-cosmonauts-da.html#comment-1082978 Utenzil Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082978 Really very wonderful I think. I like that they show the more "human" reactions of the cosmonauts, their glee at being weightless, their relief on arriving home. I remember reading comments from the US astronauts when the US/Russia docking exercise occurred, to the effect of "When we saw what they were flying in, the state of the safety gear, the limited backup systems, we gained a new respect for theese guys". People may say various bitter things, but we're in a new century, let's make the best of it. Off we go!!! Really very wonderful I think. I like that they show the more “human” reactions of the cosmonauts, their glee at being weightless, their relief on arriving home.

I remember reading comments from the US astronauts when the US/Russia docking exercise occurred, to the effect of “When we saw what they were flying in, the state of the safety gear, the limited backup systems, we gained a new respect for theese guys”.

People may say various bitter things, but we’re in a new century, let’s make the best of it. Off we go!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/russia-cosmonauts-da.html#comment-1083235 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083235 That dudes name is Miles O'Brien! So TNG right now! That dudes name is Miles O’Brien! So TNG right now!

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/russia-cosmonauts-da.html#comment-1082992 Xeni Jardin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082992 0 degrees, bub, and snowing. We was trudgin'. 0 degrees, bub, and snowing. We was trudgin’.

]]> By: jphilby http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/russia-cosmonauts-da.html#comment-1083550 jphilby Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083550 "Russian superiority in space...." Hopefully they mentioned the names of some other cosmonauts that died so they could be 'superior'. “Russian superiority in space….”

Hopefully they mentioned the names of some other cosmonauts that died so they could be ‘superior’.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/russia-cosmonauts-da.html#comment-1083296 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083296 Lets do the Cosmonauty http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_xVXQCrPxQ Lets do the Cosmonauty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_xVXQCrPxQ

]]> By: lewis stoole http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/russia-cosmonauts-da.html#comment-1083307 lewis stoole Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083307 i love the black and white photo, it took me a second to realize that it was the present and not some sputnik era snapshot. i love the black and white photo, it took me a second to realize that it was the present and not some sputnik era snapshot.

]]> By: JIMWICh http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/russia-cosmonauts-da.html#comment-1083056 JIMWICh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083056 I love that black and white photo, Xeni. It looks like you traveled back in time to early 1960s Moscow for family day at the Politburo. Which honestly wouldn't surprise me a bit. I love that black and white photo, Xeni. It looks like you traveled back in time to early 1960s Moscow for family day at the Politburo. Which honestly wouldn’t surprise me a bit.

]]> By: NoctilucentStudios http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/russia-cosmonauts-da.html#comment-1083071 NoctilucentStudios Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083071 If you say so....just allow us the mental image of you goosestepping....lookin' all Soviet and what not. If you say so….just allow us the mental image of you goosestepping….lookin’ all Soviet and what not.

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/russia-cosmonauts-da.html#comment-1083081 Robert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083081 I hear they're also demonstrating Photoshop techniques. I hear they’re also demonstrating Photoshop techniques.

]]> By: Yenisei http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/russia-cosmonauts-da.html#comment-1084667 Yenisei Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084667 For your convenience: the sad but catchy tune in question is a song called 'How young we used to be' written in 1968 by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Pakhmutova">Alexandra Pakhmutova</a> for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gradsky">Alexander Gradsky</a>. <a href="http://susan-boyle.com/video/Alexander-Gradsky">Here</a> it's delivered by the latter, with an overview of the lyrics in English. At the gala, I believe, the singers are the Turetsky Choir and Tamara Gverdtsiteli, although I'm not quite sure. For your convenience: the sad but catchy tune in question is a song called ‘How young we used to be’ written in 1968 by Alexandra Pakhmutova for Alexander Gradsky. Here it’s delivered by the latter, with an overview of the lyrics in English. At the gala, I believe, the singers are the Turetsky Choir and Tamara Gverdtsiteli, although I’m not quite sure.

]]> By: Kupuna http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/russia-cosmonauts-da.html#comment-1083388 Kupuna Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083388 Note the black and white photo split on either side of the female cosmonaut photo. Nice little dig there! SPOILER: Lee Harvey Oswald being shot by Jack Ruby Note the black and white photo split on either side of the female cosmonaut photo. Nice little dig there!

SPOILER:

Lee Harvey Oswald being shot by Jack Ruby

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