You should share this with Chris Hadfield. For those who don’t know, he’s a Canadian astronaut who’s been tweeting pictures of Earth while in space. He’s no longer in space but his photos are amazing (follow him @Cmdr_Hadfield).
It would surprise me if this wasn’t a reference to him. Why? Because although he is not a jerk, he sings, and he just released on Youtube the world’s first music video filmed in space — Space Oddity.
Buzz Aldrin punched a guy…but did it on the ground.
Some sources have claimed that Yuri Gagarin commented during the flight, “I don’t see any God up here.” However, no such words appear in the verbatim record of his conversations with Earth-based stations during the spaceflight.[20] In a 2006 interview, Gagarin’s friend Colonel Valentin Petrov stated that the cosmonaut never said such words, and that the quote originated from Nikita Khrushchev’s speech at the plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU about the state’s anti-religion campaign, saying “Gagarin flew into space, but didn’t see any god there.”
And from the God botherers —
December 24, 1968 when Apollo 8 entered lunar orbit on the first manned mission to the Moon. Before retiring that evening, the astronauts did a live television broadcast to Earth, showing pictures of the Earth and Moon seen from their space capsule. They concluded the broadcast in the following fashion. Lunar Module Pilot William Anders said: “For all the people on Earth the crew of Apollo 8 has a message we would like to send you.” He then began reading from the Bible, specifically Genesis 1:1-4. Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell then continued the reading with Genesis 1:5-8. Finally, Commander Frank Borman completed the reading with Genesis 1:9-10, and then closed the broadcast with the words, “And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you—all of you on the good Earth”
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At least they had God bless the whole world for once and not the usually provincial “God bless America.”
I think even if it would only be symbolic, emptying their waste tanks to fall back to Earth (even though it would burn up upon re-entry) sends a pretty clear message.
I do remember that there was some genuine friction at times with ground control during exceptionally tense moments…but on an open mike they were far too disciplined professionals to allow that to bleed through.
Adam, all of your strips are funny – that’s not even an exaggeration, as I don’t think I’ve seen a did yet – but this one really made me laugh For some reason. Keep it up.
At first, I somehow missed the word “quote”, which made it a very different joke.
Dude…**LIKE** so hard!
Holy LORD that is hilarious.
Experiencing zero-g is on my bucket list. Being naked in space is in the maybe pile…
You should share this with Chris Hadfield. For those who don’t know, he’s a Canadian astronaut who’s been tweeting pictures of Earth while in space. He’s no longer in space but his photos are amazing (follow him @Cmdr_Hadfield).
Why don’t YOU do that?
Haha didn’t want to do it without Adam’s permission 🙂
You never need my permission to share one of my comics. I appreciate that kind of stuff!
It would surprise me if this wasn’t a reference to him. Why? Because although he is not a jerk, he sings, and he just released on Youtube the world’s first music video filmed in space — Space Oddity.
You’re probably right. Adam, do you follow Hadfield?
That video is why I drew the strip. That guy is so awesome.
Oh, making Satellites kiss each other is going to be creating so much more space junk and debris. (Check Mir)
Astronauts can’t be assholes – somebody has to send a ship to bring them back down eventually, and they really shoudn’t piss those guys off.
“Lick my Solar Panel” is now my safe word/phrase.
Buzz Aldrin punched a guy…but did it on the ground.
Some sources have claimed that Yuri Gagarin commented during the flight, “I don’t see any God up here.” However, no such words appear in the verbatim record of his conversations with Earth-based stations during the spaceflight.[20] In a 2006 interview, Gagarin’s friend Colonel Valentin Petrov stated that the cosmonaut never said such words, and that the quote originated from Nikita Khrushchev’s speech at the plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU about the state’s anti-religion campaign, saying “Gagarin flew into space, but didn’t see any god there.”
And from the God botherers —
December 24, 1968 when Apollo 8 entered lunar orbit on the first manned mission to the Moon. Before retiring that evening, the astronauts did a live television broadcast to Earth, showing pictures of the Earth and Moon seen from their space capsule. They concluded the broadcast in the following fashion. Lunar Module Pilot William Anders said: “For all the people on Earth the crew of Apollo 8 has a message we would like to send you.” He then began reading from the Bible, specifically Genesis 1:1-4. Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell then continued the reading with Genesis 1:5-8. Finally, Commander Frank Borman completed the reading with Genesis 1:9-10, and then closed the broadcast with the words, “And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you—all of you on the good Earth”
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At least they had God bless the whole world for once and not the usually provincial “God bless America.”
I think even if it would only be symbolic, emptying their waste tanks to fall back to Earth (even though it would burn up upon re-entry) sends a pretty clear message.
You know, all the original astronauts were test pilots (think Maverick in “Top Gun”, but more cocky) I wonder how much of this there actually was…
I do remember that there was some genuine friction at times with ground control during exceptionally tense moments…but on an open mike they were far too disciplined professionals to allow that to bleed through.
The title of this strip wins so hard.
Adam, all of your strips are funny – that’s not even an exaggeration, as I don’t think I’ve seen a did yet – but this one really made me laugh For some reason. Keep it up.
The thing about being an asshole in space, you’re relying on a LOT of people. They don’t have to bring you back, they could just leave you there.