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The Sounds of Silence
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In space, no one can hear your cringe
... but we can see it.
"oh you're breaking up i think we're going through a tunnel"
After 30 seconds of akward silence they asked if the connection was okay, it was beautiful to see
"Wait I think there is someone outside the airlock, we will go and check!"
Maybe they've got some Farscape episodes on their computers. Probably watching them enviously.
Apparently they just let Trump talk and didn't respond for a full minute and Trump was like "anyway you're the best" and they still didn't respond and Trump's people ended the call.
The astronauts gave him the silent treatment. They could clearly hear him.
I watched it live, they did respond to his direct questions, but at some point Trump went into a monologue that didn't end in a question, and they didn't say anything back, keeping a silence going for an awkward amount of time until Houston asked if they are still on the line and they confirmed that yeah they heard everything. And said nothing else.
Nah other way around. The astronauts asked a NASA administrator if they are still on the line or if there was a handover. Then Tump replied "I am, yes, I am".
This is fucking amazing
Yes they were actually very polite, they knew they were speaking with a demented narcissist.
He's asking how young the girls in space are, and they're thinking about all of the Sci-Fi movies where the Earth blows up and astronauts have to watch it go.
Yeah the NASA twitch stream had to swap to emojis only.
I wouldn't have gone to the moon if I were them. You know they'll have to meet the president after they get back. It's not worth it.
I'm not sure if "have to" is true. I'm sure they could refuse. The consequences might include not being an astronaut, but that's probably the same as your option.
I would have stayed in moon orbit.
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Luckiest folks in the human race. Furthest from Trump.
Furthest from Trump and yet were told they needed to be on a direct call with him. Apparently even being in space isn’t enough.
They could presumably be within 300 miles of him.
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The two on the left imagining just never going back to earth
We feel you mister astronaut. The entire planet is with you.
The mission may be called Integrity, but this part was pure Endurance.
Correction: The mission is called Artemis 2. Integrity is the callsign the Orion capsule was given by its crew.
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I'd like to commend Trump for lowering himself to talk to a woman and shudder A Black
Funnily enough. There's no woman nor person of color farther away from him than these two.
Lucky, lucky people
Am I gonna regret asking
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LEf2ykgUrWI
Probably the best speech he's ever made tbh.
The good part of the speech took about 60 seconds, FYI. (Way longer than in that video.)
(https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2741491172 9:38:05)
Wow that was surprisingly... tame?
I think they were expecting more lol
Also, Trump referring to Jeremy Hansen:
And the 4 brave astronauts of Artemis II are our modern-day, you really are modern-day pioneers, all of you. And one of them happens to be a neighbor. You know who that is, right? You have a special person over there, a neighbor. And, uh, we like our neighbor.
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Vic Mackey is so done with this shit.
Every single shot or thumbnail I see of Victor Glover just looks like he's tired of this shit and everything he's putting up with.
couldn't fit them all in the top comment
spoiler
They are glad to have left the earth.
Will ICE be waiting for them?
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