Comments on: Edgar Allan Poe as an astronaut http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 22:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Derek Palmer http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1614174 Derek Palmer Sat, 22 Dec 2012 07:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1614174 , ,

]]> By: Derek Palmer http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1614166 Derek Palmer Sat, 22 Dec 2012 06:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1614166 . .

]]> By: Scott Conroy http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1613353 Scott Conroy Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1613353 Correct - tis only a few blocks from where I live.   Good to see the 'hood on Boing Boing!  Now Cory just needs to come back to Baltimore for a book signing!  Red Emma's one more time, Cory? Correct – tis only a few blocks from where I live.   Good to see the ‘hood on Boing Boing!  Now Cory just needs to come back to Baltimore for a book signing!  Red Emma’s one more time, Cory?

]]> By: Mark http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612869 Mark Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612869 There's a much larger version that I can see from my house! There’s a much larger version that I can see from my house!

]]> By: Nonesuchplace http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612855 Nonesuchplace Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612855 Relevant: Scott Manley recently launched Edgar Allan Probe using a SSTO space plane in a space simulator game called Kerbal Space Program: http://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/14brqa/launching_edgar_allan_probe_using_the_raven_a/ Relevant: Scott Manley recently launched Edgar Allan Probe using a SSTO space plane in a space simulator game called Kerbal Space Program: http://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/14brqa/launching_edgar_allan_probe_using_the_raven_a/

]]> By: igzabier http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612777 igzabier Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612777 sending cadavers into space? my kitty says 'better than me having to go again' http://tinypic.com/r/2u7skue/6 <!-- [IMG]http://i45.tinypic.com/2u7skue.jpg[/IMG] --> sending cadavers into space? my kitty says ‘better than me having to go again’

http://tinypic.com/r/2u7skue/6

]]> By: showme http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612763 showme Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612763 I kind of thought that look like Ron Jeremy in there. I don't even want to think about the implications of that (or what it says about my mental state.) I kind of thought that look like Ron Jeremy in there. I don’t even want to think about the implications of that (or what it says about my mental state.)

]]> By: Julie House http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612757 Julie House Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612757 Edgar ALLAN Poe would have worn a spacesuit that was much more retronaut...a steampunk suit. Now that I wanna see! Edgar ALLAN Poe would have worn a spacesuit that was much more retronaut…a steampunk suit. Now that I wanna see!

]]> By: tristan eldritch http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612752 tristan eldritch Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612752 "Think we can rely on Poe in the Command Module?  It's gonna be pretty lonely out there on the dark side of the moon." "Nah, Poe's as solid as a rock.  I've never known anybody less prone to morbid thoughts than my buddy Eddie "Allen Key" Poe!" “Think we can rely on Poe in the Command Module?  It’s gonna be pretty lonely out there on the dark side of the moon.”

“Nah, Poe’s as solid as a rock.  I’ve never known anybody less prone to morbid thoughts than my buddy Eddie “Allen Key” Poe!”

]]> By: Roose_Bolton http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612708 Roose_Bolton Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612708 Quoth the comments - yay Brainspore! Quoth the comments – yay Brainspore!

]]> By: Jorpho http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612705 Jorpho Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612705 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unparalleled_Adventure_of_One_Hans_Pfaall" rel="nofollow"> The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall</a> was his attempt to craft a relatively "realistic" – or at least somewhat internally consistent – trip to the moon using (mostly) the technology available at the time (i.e. a balloon filled with gaseous unobtanium).  It is an interesting curiosity, if not particularly riveting.
The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall was his attempt to craft a relatively “realistic” – or at least somewhat internally consistent – trip to the moon using (mostly) the technology available at the time (i.e. a balloon filled with gaseous unobtanium).  It is an interesting curiosity, if not particularly riveting.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612703 Brainspore Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612703 In other spacesuit-related news today, <a href="http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/nasas-new-spacesuit-looks-just-like-buzz-lightyear/" rel="nofollow">NASA just unveiled a new prototype suit that looks like Buzz Lightyear's.</a> Which is awesome. In other spacesuit-related news today, NASA just unveiled a new prototype suit that looks like Buzz Lightyear’s. Which is awesome.

]]> By: Bevatron Repairman http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612693 Bevatron Repairman Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612693 "The thousand injuries of Commander Bowman I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon jeopardizing the mission, I vowed revenge." “The thousand injuries of Commander Bowman I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon jeopardizing the mission, I vowed revenge.”

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612686 Brainspore Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612686 <em>And the shuttle, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting</em> <em>On the pallid slab of concrete just beyond the hangar door;</em> <em>And her engines still seem yearning to cross the sky with fire burning,</em> <em>And the lamp-light o'er her streaming throws her shadow on the floor;</em> <em>And my spacecraft, a hollow husk of what it was in days of yore;</em> <em>Shall be lifted - <strong>nevermore!</strong></em> And the shuttle, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid slab of concrete just beyond the hangar door;
And her engines still seem yearning to cross the sky with fire burning,
And the lamp-light o’er her streaming throws her shadow on the floor;
And my spacecraft, a hollow husk of what it was in days of yore;
Shall be lifted – nevermore!

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612687 Lemoutan Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612687 Just give'm a Space-Rifle and he could administer some of that there Poe's Law they're always talking about in these parts. Just give’m a Space-Rifle and he could administer some of that there Poe’s Law they’re always talking about in these parts.

]]> By: hymenopterid http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612682 hymenopterid Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612682 That's a rather crass outlook. That’s a rather crass outlook.

]]> By: nicholas1987 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612679 nicholas1987 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612679 Looks more like Matthew Mcconaughey... Looks more like Matthew Mcconaughey…

]]> By: tré http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612669 tré Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612669  You're thinking of Die Antwoord.  You’re thinking of Die Antwoord.

]]> By: llimllib http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612670 llimllib Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612670 Neat! But that's not in Station North, that's downtown at Howard and Franklin. Neat! But that’s not in Station North, that’s downtown at Howard and Franklin.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612664 Brainspore Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612664 Mission Control will be monitoring his health with the Telltale Pulse Monitor. Mission Control will be monitoring his health with the Telltale Pulse Monitor.

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612660 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612660 Isn't Poe the one who wrote a poem about our timeline for returning to the moon? I think it had a bird in it... Isn’t Poe the one who wrote a poem about our timeline for returning to the moon? I think it had a bird in it…

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612651 Christopher Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612651 I always thought he was a bit of a space cadet. I always thought he was a bit of a space cadet.

]]> By: angrygoldfish http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612639 angrygoldfish Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612639 Very cool, but... Edgar "Allen" Poe? Any relation to Carey Doctorow or Jake Kerouac? Very cool, but… Edgar “Allen” Poe? Any relation to Carey Doctorow or Jake Kerouac?

]]> By: falnfenix http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612635 falnfenix Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612635 thought i recognized that.  yay TOVEN. thought i recognized that.  yay TOVEN.

]]> By: PlutoniumX http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612617 PlutoniumX Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612617 I love that a lot. I love that a lot.

]]> By: Enki http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/edgar-allen-poe-as-an-astronau.html#comment-1612612 Enki Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201647#comment-1612612 I just knew it wasn't River in the spacesuit.  Finally, I am vindicated. I just knew it wasn’t River in the spacesuit.  Finally, I am vindicated.

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