Astronaut Covers Bowie's 'Space Oddity' While Aboard ISS

[Slowhand]

This guy has done a lot of cool shit on video during his time as Commander of the ISS, but this takes the cake.

[quikag]

That's awesome. I'd love to have a beer with that guy.

[Buckner and Elam]

[Strychnine]

Hadfield posts some pretty cool stuff on Twitter

https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield

Spaceflight finale: To some this may look like a sunset. But it's a new dawn



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Chris and Tom, helmet lights doing their best to light the universe on the dark side of the Earth

Chris and Tom are safely outside ISS, hard at work in the vacuum of space, looking for signs of the ammonia leak. THAT was a busy AM inside.

Do you hear how different their voices sound at the suit's low pressure? Turns out in the 4.2 psi oxygen you can't whistle - air's too thin.

A lone jet draws a straight line across the Tatras

[SC457A]

They landed last night, was following it on twitter. Sure hope he still posts somekind of pics that he saved or something.

[ideal-coatings]

way cool

[Mr_Fiux]

Would have been better if they had done the Harlem Shake.

[Strychnine]

They landed last night, was following it on twitter. Sure hope he still posts somekind of pics that he saved or something.

Go check his twitter page. He posted pictures daily.

[SC457A]

I did, and follow him. Was nice to see stuff from a place I will never go.

[Strychnine]

I did, and follow him. Was nice to see stuff from a place I will never go.

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[Sgt Beavis]

I did, and follow him. Was nice to see stuff from a place I will never go.

The way things are going, I wouldn't say never. As Strychnine mentioned, suborbital flights are going to get fairly common place in the next year or two. Commercial orbital flights from private firms will happen before the end of the year.

If Musk gets Falcon 9 and Dragon to be 100% reusable, then all bets are off. Orbital manned flight will get below a half million a person during our lifetimes.

That's a lot of money, but definitely doable to anyone with the will to go for it.

[351Coupe]

I followed him too, such awesome pics!

[46Tbird]

That was awesome! Some thoughts:

- That is a VERY strange song choice for an astronaut to sing, particularly IN space.

- What's the deal with firemen, police, and astronauts sporting the push-broom?

- I like it better than Bowie's version.

- I couldn't help but think of the Flight of the Conchords 'Bowie' episode.

[UserX]

I should have studied harder in school, then I could be doing cool shit like this too.

[Slowhand]

That was awesome! Some thoughts:

- That is a VERY strange song choice for an astronaut to sing, particularly IN space.

- What's the deal with firemen, police, and astronauts sporting the push-broom?

- I like it better than Bowie's version.

- I couldn't help but think of the Flight of the Conchords 'Bowie' episode.

a. It is simultaneously the most appropriate and most inappropriate song to sing in space.

b. Can't explain that one.

c. Can't agree with that.

d. One of my first thoughts too. They mentioned something about it on their Twitter right after it came out.