[kj] OT - Space Odditti

[Neil Perry]

That's great, thanks! Now I won't get any work done today ...


On 14 May 2013 10:45, Paul <dubecho at gmail.com> wrote:


> Pictures taken by Cmdr Hatfield mapped:

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> https://cogsnscc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/OnePane/basicviewer/index.html?appid=0d1b3909ad9944dab7e29354f465ade7

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> He has sent back some stunning pictures from the ISS. He was also the

> first man to use Irish (Gaelic) from space, his daughter is in college in

> Dublin, but he will be given a warm welcome in Ireland, for his use of our

> language alone. I too follow him on twitter and will miss his pictures now

> he is safely back on earth.

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> On 14 May 2013 09:25, Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com> wrote:

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>> Commander Hadfield is a true star... been following him on twitter for

>> months (about the only person

>> I ever follow on twitter). He's been sending stunning photos of earth

>> with poetic descriptions and

>> putting up some very entertaining vids on youtube about life on the space

>> station. If Nasa had

>> worked out they needed someone like him in the space program years ago

>> the public

>> perception and interest may have been very different.

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>> N (closet space nerd)

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>> On 13 May 2013 22:00, sade1 <saulomar1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

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>>> David could only write about it through his lyrics & voice, Peter could

>>> only sing it through his heart,  but this guy lived it.

>>> The art is like Kubrick but better, like Picasso but in real life..

>>> Not Dali's atomic photography nor Jaz's screaming exorcisms from within

>>> the hold of the Great Pyramid can match this,

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>>> http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/floating-most-peculiar-way-astronaut-chris-hadfield-sings-david-bowie-1C9898083

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>>>   they let in the Light,

>>>     others all are just a..

>>>       'nother brick in the Wall

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