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There's a copypasta floating around - badum tish - giving an account of a particular US astronaut - https://futurism.com/the-byte/russia-threatens-nasa-astronau

by Mizza 3y ago

There's a copypasta floating around - badum tish - giving an account of a particular US astronaut - https://futurism.com/the-byte/russia-threatens-nasa-astronaut-sabotage https://futurism.com/the-byte/russia-threatens-nasa-astronau... - who caused this and a lot of other major problems. Accusations of misinformation, yada yada yada, but it sounds like it might have been a case of the roommate from hell, only in space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vXdRUIZ_EM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vXdRUIZ_EM whoops

space_fountain 3y ago
The video was of a different incident right and the person mentioned in the first link hasn't been on the station in years?
RetpolineDrama 3y ago
For a highly trained astronaut that "oops" in the video seemed extremely careless.
- hnbad 3y ago
  My most charitable interpretation is that the astronaut thought the bag was attached to a tether given that it had a clip - which sadly wasn't attached to anything.
- jacquesm 3y ago
  Highly trained astronaut doesn't mean much. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Nowak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Nowak Nobody's perfect and nobody is infallible and that includes highly trained astronauts. Short of this being done on purpose (hard to believe to begin with) I'd just chalk it up to an accident.
  - KennyBlanken 3y ago
    You're comparing an emotional breakdown to not securing a toolbox?
    - jacquesm 3y ago
      No, I'm trying to illustrate - apparently unsuccessfully - that astronauts are people and as fallible as everybody else.
    - autoexec 3y ago
      "An emotional breakdown" is an odd way to describe burglary, assault, attempted kidnapping, and battery that had been planned out and prepared for following two months of Lisa stalking someone who was sleeping with a guy she'd previously had an affair with. I'm not suggesting that it's similar in any way to losing a toolbox. Lisa's entire situation was clearly something very different, you're right about that, but an emotional breakdown (while not a precise medical term) is typically used to describe an episode or outburst caused by too much stress/pressure. It's strange to see it used for a series of premeditated crimes that took months, involved lots of planning, careful packing, and a journey of 900 miles by car to reach the victim.

by Mizza 3y ago

space_fountain 3y ago

The video was of a different incident right and the person mentioned in the first link hasn't been on the station in years?

RetpolineDrama 3y ago

For a highly trained astronaut that "oops" in the video seemed extremely careless.

hnbad 3y ago
My most charitable interpretation is that the astronaut thought the bag was attached to a tether given that it had a clip - which sadly wasn't attached to anything.
jacquesm 3y ago
Highly trained astronaut doesn't mean much. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Nowak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Nowak Nobody's perfect and nobody is infallible and that includes highly trained astronauts. Short of this being done on purpose (hard to believe to begin with) I'd just chalk it up to an accident.
- KennyBlanken 3y ago
  You're comparing an emotional breakdown to not securing a toolbox?
  - jacquesm 3y ago
    No, I'm trying to illustrate - apparently unsuccessfully - that astronauts are people and as fallible as everybody else.
  - autoexec 3y ago
    "An emotional breakdown" is an odd way to describe burglary, assault, attempted kidnapping, and battery that had been planned out and prepared for following two months of Lisa stalking someone who was sleeping with a guy she'd previously had an affair with. I'm not suggesting that it's similar in any way to losing a toolbox. Lisa's entire situation was clearly something very different, you're right about that, but an emotional breakdown (while not a precise medical term) is typically used to describe an episode or outburst caused by too much stress/pressure. It's strange to see it used for a series of premeditated crimes that took months, involved lots of planning, careful packing, and a journey of 900 miles by car to reach the victim.