Comments on: Free, downloadable NASA Endeavour STS-134 Mission poster http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102850 Jake0748 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102850 Damn you David! For some reason I've had Milla Jovovich and multipass stuck in my head all day. I was just starting to calm down, and you had to post THAT? Damn you David! For some reason I’ve had Milla Jovovich and multipass stuck in my head all day. I was just starting to calm down, and you had to post THAT?

]]> By: Andrew Ferguson http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102596 Andrew Ferguson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102596 I could be wrong, but I think the STS-134 poster is a direct reference to this one for JJ Abrams Star Trek film: http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sts134_crewposter02.jpg I could be wrong, but I think the STS-134 poster is a direct reference to this one for JJ Abrams Star Trek film:

http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sts134_crewposter02.jpg

]]> By: KurtMac http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102600 KurtMac Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102600 I generally get a kick out of these light-hearted promos for each mission that NASA has started to do, but my OCD wants to strangle whoever disproportionately scaled the International Space Station on this one. I generally get a kick out of these light-hearted promos for each mission that NASA has started to do, but my OCD wants to strangle whoever disproportionately scaled the International Space Station on this one.

]]> By: imhotep http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102858 imhotep Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102858 Ewww... I don't wanna go to the creepy space-sausage party! Ewww… I don’t wanna go to the creepy space-sausage party!

]]> By: Trent Hawkins http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1103115 Trent Hawkins Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1103115 Why is there a super villain in the middle? Why is there a super villain in the middle?

]]> By: dwdyer http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102604 dwdyer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102604 Who's the really small sparkly guy on the far left? Who’s the really small sparkly guy on the far left?

]]> By: Chris Tucker http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1104151 Chris Tucker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1104151 Tell you what, when all you complainers apply for, get accepted and graduate from the astronaut training program, and get assigned a seat on the next thing smoking to orbit, you can then have someone do the mission poster of your dreams. Tell you what, when all you complainers apply for, get accepted and graduate from the astronaut training program, and get assigned a seat on the next thing smoking to orbit, you can then have someone do the mission poster of your dreams.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102616 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102616 No, you're spot on. Crap! I knew it rang a Star Trek bell in my head and I was all set to go with the Picard reference, but I do not care for the Abrams effort. No, you’re spot on. Crap! I knew it rang a Star Trek bell in my head and I was all set to go with the Picard reference, but I do not care for the Abrams effort.

]]> By: bpratt http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102618 bpratt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102618 I thought exactly the same thing when I saw it, I'm sure you must be right. This is badass! Can't understand the nitpicking. I thought exactly the same thing when I saw it, I’m sure you must be right. This is badass! Can’t understand the nitpicking.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102875 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102875 That's not Eminem, that's Steve Martin... That’s not Eminem, that’s Steve Martin…

]]> By: Rob Knop http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102621 Rob Knop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102621 Subtitle: "White Guys In Space" Subtitle: “White Guys In Space”

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102625 Halloween Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102625 Unfortunately, comparing the two just kind of strengthens Rob Knop's point. Unfortunately, comparing the two just kind of strengthens Rob Knop’s point.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102630 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102630 It would seem somebody has disintegrated Scotty. It would seem somebody has disintegrated Scotty.

]]> By: jamiethehutt http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102632 jamiethehutt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102632 I'm no rocket scientist but maybe things like this are why SpaceX seems so cheap... :-P I’m no rocket scientist but maybe things like this are why SpaceX seems so cheap… :-P

]]> By: Azu http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102644 Azu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102644 I see Michael Stipe's career is taking a bold new direction. I see Michael Stipe’s career is taking a bold new direction.

]]> By: gellfex http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102655 gellfex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102655 There's a P-shop shadow problem with the 2 left guys that's jarring. One or the other should have been flipped to come up with a consistent scheme. Either all lit from the right of frame, or all lit from the side they're near. There’s a P-shop shadow problem with the 2 left guys that’s jarring. One or the other should have been flipped to come up with a consistent scheme. Either all lit from the right of frame, or all lit from the side they’re near.

]]> By: Dicrel Seijin http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102936 Dicrel Seijin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102936 Despite the odd bowing of the head and the Photoshop lighting error, and whatever that light burst is, I still want one of these. Despite the odd bowing of the head and the Photoshop lighting error, and whatever that light burst is, I still want one of these.

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102688 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102688 Eccch, I cannot stand these posters. They seem so forced and so geared to appeal to “SyFy” network viewers. Our astronauts deserve better. Anyone ever consider getting a real photographer or artist to do this kind of stuff? Eccch, I cannot stand these posters. They seem so forced and so geared to appeal to “SyFy” network viewers. Our astronauts deserve better. Anyone ever consider getting a real photographer or artist to do this kind of stuff?

]]> By: seanpatgallagher http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102689 seanpatgallagher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102689 How about, "To Baldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before". Sorry, I couldn't resist. -S How about, “To Baldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before”.

Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

-S

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102709 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102709 Vladimir Putin is an astronaut too? Damn. That guy is such a badass. Vladimir Putin is an astronaut too?

Damn. That guy is such a badass.

]]> By: Sork http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102982 Sork Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102982 Randy Quaid? Isn't he just a crop-dusting pilot? Randy Quaid? Isn’t he just a crop-dusting pilot?

]]> By: Editz http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102727 Editz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102727 Commander Kelly looks a little like a hairless Louis C.K. Commander Kelly looks a little like a hairless Louis C.K.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102746 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102746 Okay, left to right: Guy Pearce, Vladimir Putin, Terry O'Quinn, Eminem, Oleg Rudnik, and... Sanjay Gupta? Okay, left to right: Guy Pearce, Vladimir Putin, Terry O’Quinn, Eminem, Oleg Rudnik, and… Sanjay Gupta?

]]> By: Keir http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1103015 Keir Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1103015 That's not Michael Stipe, that's Moby! That’s not Michael Stipe, that’s Moby!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102541 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102541 Cool poster, but I'd like it more if they didn't make Mark look down like that. But I'm nitpicking. Until now, I didn't even know they made official mission posters. That in itself is kinda cool. Cool poster, but I’d like it more if they didn’t make Mark look down like that. But I’m nitpicking.

Until now, I didn’t even know they made official mission posters. That in itself is kinda cool.

]]> By: CANTFIGHTTHEDITE http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102546 CANTFIGHTTHEDITE Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102546 That poster is clearly missing a catchy one-liner at the bottom. Any thoughts? My suggestion: "Second to none." (for STS-135: "Last, but not least." That poster is clearly missing a catchy one-liner at the bottom. Any thoughts?

My suggestion: “Second to none.”

(for STS-135: “Last, but not least.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102549 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102549 Wait! They can't let John Locke on the shuttle! He'll destroy the island!!! Wait! They can’t let John Locke on the shuttle! He’ll destroy the island!!!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102550 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102550 I can haz names? I can haz names?

]]> By: tigersnarl http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102811 tigersnarl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102811 I would love to have seen NASA ask Illustrators and Printmakers to contribute to these schemes instead of a 'chop to each. Could you imagine a Robert McGinnis or Drew Struzan whipping up one? Or an Aesthetic Apparatus version - Don't get me wrong, these posters are collector's editions, but come on, that would have been fantastic at all levels... I would love to have seen NASA ask Illustrators and Printmakers to contribute to these schemes instead of a ‘chop to each. Could you imagine a Robert McGinnis or Drew Struzan whipping up one? Or an Aesthetic Apparatus version – Don’t get me wrong, these posters are collector’s editions, but come on, that would have been fantastic at all levels…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/05/free-downloadable-na.html#comment-1102556 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102556 That's fucking cool. That’s fucking cool.

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