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NASA's oldest active astronaut is also one of the most curious humans

• nirav72 2y ago
  SmarterEveryday posted a video interview with Don Petite and fellow astronaut Matt Dominick on the ISS. (Before Dominick's return to earth) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJofuF2zcTE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJofuF2zcTE
  • erk__ 2y ago
    Don Pettit also visited the Royal Society in London which shows his curiosity quite well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnZLGlMbgUI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnZLGlMbgUI
• kaonwarb 2y ago
  He also received the first patent for an object invented in space, a very clever zero-g coffee cup: https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadBasicPdf/20110101009 https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadBasic...
  • gmcharlt 2y ago
    Alternate link since the USPTO site is rate-limiting at the moment: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110101009A1/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110101009A1/en
• NitpickLawyer 2y ago
  ESL here, so I have to ask, does the title imply that this astronaut is a curious human as in he has a high degree of curiosity, or is he a curious (type of) human as in there's something curious about his physiology?
  • greggsy 2y ago
    It could mean both, however the term is usually used when referring to someone’s personality, rather than physiology. In this case, the article talks about his curiosity.
• giomasce 2y ago
  > One of the most curious humans No doubt he is very curious, but there might be some selection bias here.