• sem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    12·
    11 hours ago

    I thought some of the Apollo astronauts were illegally enriching themselves by selling a service where they would take people’s stuff to the moon in their private gear allowance, and then give it back.

    • TeamAssimilation@infosec.pubEnglish
      1431·
      18 hours ago

      This shouldn’t be omitted from the meme. Astronauts are some of the most level-minded people in this world, given the risks they face every moment.

      I don’t think jealousy or insecurity would be a common occurrence given how busy they are.

            • M0oP0o@mander.xyzEnglish
              5·
              15 hours ago

              Well she says she did not use them (I guess just shitting in place)

              “She drove her husband’s car 900 miles (1,400 km) from Houston, Texas, to Orlando, Florida, to confront Shipman. Early police reports stated that she wore Maximum Absorbency Garments during the trip, but she later denied this.”

              From Wikipedia, but it must be noted the trip was made by herself in such a short time that poop had to happen.

              • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.caEnglish
                1·
                5 hours ago

                Having bowel movements as infrequently as a few times a week is still considered healthy. Perhaps not as healthy as daily, but that isn’t the point of this discussion. Doing the speed limit in most areas of North America means this trip could be done in about 14 hours, plus fueling time (I’ve done a similar trip in 10). If she sped just 10% over the speed limit, which is generally considered little enough to not attract the attention of the police in my area, she could have done it in less than 13. Not only is it conceivable she could have done this without having to poop, if she managed her fluid intake, she quite possibly could have done this without having to pee.

                None of this has any bearing on whether she did poop or pee, but she was an astronaut, and astronauts are known for their ability to plan ahead. And I suspect any denial issues she had (what else is going to make you think continuing a relationship with a kidnapping is going to have a happy ending?) didn’t revolve around her waste elimination processes. So she could very well have worn undergarments to deal with those problems as a precautionary measure and just not used them.

                • M0oP0o@mander.xyzEnglish
                  6·
                  15 hours ago

                  From what I remember about the trip, she would not have had time. It was a road trip that made the cannonball run look tame.

      • TheBannedLemming@lemmy.worldEnglish
        39·
        18 hours ago

        Actually, there was a high profile and notorious case of a female NASA astronaut and Naval officer named Lisa Nowak, who was placed on trail and convicted of felony burglary and misdemeanor assault charges. This all stemmed from an affair she was having with a fellow astronaut named Bill Oefelein, who both of them were married to different people at the time.

        When Bill decided to call the affair off and started to see another woman, an Air Force Captain named Colleen Shipman. Lisa had an emotional breakdown and after her own marriage had failed. Planned on possibly kidnapping Colleen. She was eventually arrested at Orlando International Airport that she had followed Colleen to. Besides the criminal convictions listed above, she was dismissed from NASA and demoted in rank and forcibly retired from the Navy.

      • RamenJunkie@midwest.socialEnglish
        5·
        17 hours ago

        Yeah but what the hell am I supposed to do woth this novel drsft Lesbian Space Criminal Lovers now?

        Why was I not told sooner the story was a lie???

  • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.mlEnglish
    23·
    19 hours ago

    Your Honor, with all due respect, my client can only be put on trial by a space judge and a jury of her space peers

      • Cort@lemmy.worldEnglish
        311·
        18 hours ago

        Yup:

        The claims were later found to be false, and McClain was cleared.[28] On April 7, 2020, Worden was indicted on two charges of making false statements.

    • mkwt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      15 hours ago

      It’s probably fully recorded. Everything in and out.

      That way if there’s a mishap it’s possible to go back and reconstruct the entire sequence or to replay high fidelity simulations of the network traffic at the equipment to reproduce problems.

    • UnmetPlayer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      14 hours ago

      Ships in intl waters are still governed by the laws of their flag state. I don’t see why this wouldn’t also apply to the ISS as a US-flagged vessel

      Edit: I assume the modules are flagged differently. I imagine Zvezda and the Soyuz’s are flagged Russian, etc. or maybe the ISS is jointly flagged under US and Russian laws at the same time. Or the laws of the citizens home country is applied individually or something.