9 thoughts on “Xmas in Space

  1. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson was also in the video. "I think being on board the ISS gives us a slightly different perspective of Christmas," she said. "Obviously friends and family are important to all of us. But besides funny hats there is another very important aspect of being on [the] ISS, and that’s seeing the planet as a whole, and it actually reinforces, I think, that the fact that we should live as one people and strive for peace.

    Snar off…this is the true spirit of the season.

      1. [ It has the advantage of not even mentioning Christmas. ]
        Pretty cool tune for a seasonal song. Sounded like a Randy Newman song, but before his time I reckon.
        Looked it up …
        — Joseph Van Winkle, Richard Sherman
        [honest ]

  2. Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut: “You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.'”

    1. I know a certain orange lackwit that could used that forced perspective. And then if they could just keep him there, a quarter of a million miles out, that would be great too.

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