Post B5vn73lHOBTUrXGP6u by Ricardus@mastodon.sdf.org
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 (DIR) Post #B5s1P13mnFowQFXKdM by Ricardus@mastodon.sdf.org
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       I mentioned this a bit last week, and I honestly didn't think we'd be going back to the moon in my lifetime, but here we are. While I'm not old enough to remember the first Apollo press tours and ticker-tape-parades, I do remember the Apollo-Soyuz events and have seen footage of the others.But in this age of enshittification (the corporate state is literally making EVERYTHING worse), it's cool to see this on TV again:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8owHqxR37A#NASA #Moon #Artemis
       
 (DIR) Post #B5sADvapg7nLrvmVkm by Professor_Stevens@mastodon.gamedev.place
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       @Ricardus The bit where they recreate what it's like to be four people in a small space for ten days is priceless.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5sADvq4lRzKdCugVs by Ricardus@mastodon.sdf.org
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       @Professor_Stevens Yeah, clearly they thought a lot about these interviews and were perhaps even trained for them, but it never looked corny or rehearsed (except for the last answer). In some of the OLD ones you could see they were clearly not trained in any public relations stuff because they seemed a bit tight and uncomfortable.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5sC5NEJkuwYswIbRI by Professor_Stevens@mastodon.gamedev.place
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       @Ricardus Yeah, that whole thing--as precious as it is--did look a bit scripted. The priceless bit I mentioned actually did seem too good for spontaneous behavior (but it's still priceless).NASA actually *did* train the original seven astronauts in public performance. But, because of the seven NASA chose, it didn't take very well.I love that we're going back to the moon. I'm a little chagrined, though, that, instead of pilots, we're sending entertainers.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5sC5NTCrYqxd7GUe8 by Ricardus@mastodon.sdf.org
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       @Professor_Stevens Hey, these people are highly trained, qualified, and wildly competent people.But they also lived in the age of cable TV and the internet so they know how to be better entertainers from the getgo.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5uIeTIWAy7jseIpcG by Professor_Stevens@mastodon.gamedev.place
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       @Ricardus Which, I'm afraid, is probably why NASA chose them.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5uIeTX3IvkYbj6RGq by Ricardus@mastodon.sdf.org
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       @Professor_Stevens Hey, I'm funnier than all of them but they didn't ask me to orbit the moon!
       
 (DIR) Post #B5vn73ID8GDrPNfBnk by Professor_Stevens@mastodon.gamedev.place
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       @Ricardus Maybe not (and, their mistake, if you are). But, as much fun as that Fallon appearance was, it did become kind of painful as I realized how much of it was scripted. NASA has always known that "no Buck Rogers"' means "no bucks." But it's no fun when you realize that Buck is a part being played now.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5vn73lHOBTUrXGP6u by Ricardus@mastodon.sdf.org
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       @Professor_Stevens But they all are likeable, and there were real anecdotes that got shared.I will say this. I watch pretty much EVERY and ANY Star Trek panel from every convention I can find on youtube. And it didn't take long before the same anecdotes and acted out moments started recurring. It happens. I mean how many GOOD question are there really? (especially sports interviews)No matter what, the photos and videos they bring home are inspiring for me and break through my depression.