Łukasz G.Apr 6
Geoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.
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Show threadAlexander KnochelApr 6
@_thegeoff Reminds me of Collins' suggestion that Armstrong should step on the moon, exclaim "What the hell is this thing" and cut the mic. So you're in good company
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Apr 6
@Quantensalat Conrad's first words on the surface (actually the landing pad) were something like "that may have been a small step for Neil, but it's a long way for a little guy like me" - he was easily the shortest of the Apollo astronauts.
Show threadJimmyApr 6

@_thegeoff @Quantensalat I loved DangerMouse (Donnie Munro?🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ) in the 'eighties and a line that stayed with me is;

Penfold: 'It may be one small step for a man, but it's a giant leap for a hamster!!'

i never knew (but should have guessed) there was a historical precedent🤣 🤣 🤣

Show threadHighlandLawyerApr 6
@sjcooke66 @_thegeoff @Quantensalat
Donnie Murdo for Dangermouse in Gàidhlig; Donnie Munro was the singer for Runrig.
Show threadJimmyApr 6
@HighlandLawyer @_thegeoff @Quantensalat Also a fan, FYI, until DM left...😱
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Apr 6
@sjcooke66 @HighlandLawyer @Quantensalat Yeah, Penfold's solo stuff was just too self indulgent.
Show threadJimmyApr 6
@_thegeoff @HighlandLawyer @Quantensalat There was solo stuff? I mean, great sidekick but... what?😱
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Apr 6
@sjcooke66 @HighlandLawyer @Quantensalat Just kidding on a "DM" misunderstanding ;)
Show threadJimmyApr 6
@_thegeoff @HighlandLawyer @Quantensalat i half got it...Carrots!!!
Show threadHighlandLawyerApr 6
@_thegeoff @sjcooke66 @Quantensalat
Yes, especially when he appointed himself Crumbs Chief.
Show threadJimmyApr 6
@HighlandLawyer @_thegeoff @Quantensalat 🤣 🤣 🤣 Was there some episode set in a bakery that I missed?
Show threadRicardoApr 6
@_thegeoff Clarke wrote on the author's note of 2010 that the Apollo 8 crew confessed to him they considered the idea of reporting the finding of a huge black monolith on the far side of the Moon (they already had seen 2001)
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Apr 6

@RGBes Be fun if you could get the timing right:

"Kshhh...y god, it's full of stars..."
"Artemis, Houston, radio contact reestablished."
"Receiving you loud and clear."
"What was 'full of stars'?"
"Huh? Oh, nothing...."

Show threadDavid CohenApr 6
@_thegeoff You know the crew will be replaced by evil duplicates while on the far side, of course.
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Apr 6
@davidbcohen Oh, all three reappearing on camera with goatees, that would be awesome.
Show threadDavid CohenApr 6
@_thegeoff Three? Will they eat the other one? I know he’s Canadian but that’s a bit much 😏
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Apr 6
@davidbcohen Fair point, well made, been playing too much KSP and brain stuck in 3 seat capsule mode! 🤣😳
Show threadBranwen74Apr 6
@davidbcohen Ask Floyd or Pink about this. They might know more. @_thegeoff
Show threadEric A. MeyerApr 6
@Branwen74 @davidbcohen @_thegeoff Oh, by the way, which one’s Pink?
Show thread⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️Apr 6
@davidbcohen @_thegeoff look out for suspicious beards!
Show threadvxoApr 6
@_thegeoff https://theevolutioncontrolcommittee.bandcamp.com/track/the-fucking-moon
The Fucking Moon, by The Evolution Control Committee

from the album Plagiarhythm Nation v2.0

The Evolution Control Committee
Show threadsabikApr 6
@_thegeoff
Meanwhile, on Earth:
https://beige.party/@roknrol/116357560609211333
Roknrol like the slur (@[email protected])

@[email protected] A: Artemis to mission control. MC: This is Mission Control. Who did you say that you are? A: Artemis II MC: Wait one. (30 seconds) MC: Artemis II...from 2026?!?

beige.party
Show threadShaun GriffithApr 6
@_thegeoff Wasn't it 18 hours in Contact? Surely some ridiculously longer time would be better? But some of the onboard electronics will be tamper proof, and if nothing else, when they return, it will get sorted out.
Show threadrobrykApr 6
@shaungriffith @_thegeoff And navigation would be mightily confused (you'd either need to fake weird maneuvers, change the time in the last state vector update accordingly, or end up with navigation that claims a totally different position).
Show threadAndrew GoldingApr 6
*rigs all clocks to be fast by 320 minutes*
*thrust control fires for Earth reentry early, changing trajectory to a collision course*
@_thegeoff shortly before the Artemis crew capsule experiences a rapid unscheduled disassembly: "heh, got 'em!"
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Apr 6
@huronbikes I'll accept you may have a *tiny* point there...
Show threadPaul MartinApr 6
@[email protected] "All right! Did you remember to pack the ape suits?"
Show threadrobcorneliusApr 6
@nowster @_thegeoff bravo!
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Apr 6
@robcornelius @nowster There's precedent...
https://youtube.com/shorts/wXNEZ6NvwTc
Gorilla on the ISS?

YouTube
Show threadThird spruce tree on the leftApr 6
@_thegeoff Given they had difficulities killing an errant OUtlook process on the thing and they're still a few hundred thousand km from home, I wouldn't be touching _nothing_ on that capsule.
Show threadKimApr 6
@_thegeoff Yeahbut the way things are going they'd probably just assume it was some sort of Microsoft timezone bug.
Show threadPalky55Apr 6
@kim @_thegeoff "OMG not another one...patches ready?"
Show threadRobin BartonApr 6
@_thegeoff I like the way you think
Show threadMedizinphysikerApr 6
@_thegeoff 😆 Very funny thought! Thanks for sharing the idea!
Show threadMatt PanaroApr 6
@_thegeoff I would also be delighted if 3 of those onboard started behaving as though the fourth were not, and never had been 😁
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Apr 6
@eigen Or play the alternate reality card, ask to speak to President Harris to congratulate her on inspiring "this joint NASA/ESA/CSA/Roscosmos/CNSA project and the world peace it celebrates".
Show threadGoldmasterApr 6
Or they rendezvous with a vulcan ship, then beam aboard saying get us out of here!
Show threadrobcorneliusApr 6
@_thegeoff if it was me I would black out all comms for 23 extra minutes after contact should be restored. The first message would be "kick out the jamms motherfuckers".
Show threadjamesb (MW1CGG)Apr 6
@_thegeoff Return on the video link with those blacked out contact lenses like something out of Event Horizon.
Show threadDavid Cantrell 🏏Apr 6
@_thegeoff whereas in reality they're rigging them to show that six hours *hadn't* passed
Show threadRaphael FetzerApr 6
@_thegeoff @claudius So, basically Star Trek TNG - Conundrum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conundrum_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
Conundrum (Star Trek: The Next Generation) - Wikipedia

Show threadkasperdApr 6
How do you know that you were not allowed on the Artemis?
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Apr 6
@kasperd Started trying to be an astronaut at 15. Applied for an RAF scholarship (got it), then studied astrophysics at uni. Learned to fly. Applied for a few other things, including RAF pilot, didn't get them. Can't say I didn't try, but no, not "Right Stuff". And, to be honest, I've become increasingly whimsical since, which is generally considered a bad look these days ;)
Show threadsoftproofApr 6
@_thegeoff If I were on Artemis I'd keep reminding everyone how Apollo 8 got there faster, quietly, and AI-free. Naturally I'd get shot through the airlock soon enough.
So, either way, that's why I'm not on Artemis.
Show threadSolarbird Apr 6
@_thegeoff everybody knows moon's haunted
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Apr 6
@moira What?
Show threadSolarbird Apr 6

@_thegeoff The moon. It's haunted.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/moons-haunted

#haunted #moon #meme

Moon's Haunted | Know Your Meme

Moon's Haunted is a catchphrase based on a viral tweet from late 2018. It has since been associated with discussions about the video game Destiny, which fe

Know Your Meme
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Apr 6
@moira ;)
Show threadDavid ReidApr 7
@_thegeoff I saw Contact. I know what happened during the missing time.
Show threaditgrrl Apr 7
@_thegeoff