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Astronauts on The Space Station Liked SpaceX's 'Earthy' Toy So Much They Kidnapped It
Science Alert ^ | 03/10/2019 | Dave Mosher

Posted on 03/10/2019 10:14:47 AM PDT by BenLurkin

In the meantime, three Expedition 58 crew members living aboard the space station – NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko – have adopted "little Earthy" as an unofficial rookie in training.

The crew opened the hatch and emptied the cargo, hailing SpaceX's arrival as historic. McClain immediately took to the Little Earth.

"Earth will learn a lot during his busy week on @Space_Station — today he kept me company while we checked our suit sizing to account for space growth (I am 2 inches taller than when I launched!)" McClain tweeted.


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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: earthylittleearth; iss; toy
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1 posted on 03/10/2019 10:14:47 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
(I am 2 inches taller than when I launched!)

So that's how Kyler Murray did it!

2 posted on 03/10/2019 10:17:43 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: BenLurkin

Did you see the pictures of Earthy doing Space Station stuff ,LOL


3 posted on 03/10/2019 10:18:41 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: BenLurkin

Sigh.


4 posted on 03/10/2019 10:24:28 AM PDT by rlmorel (If racial attacks were as common as the Left wants you to think, they wouldn't have to make them up.)
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To: BenLurkin


"NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko – have adopted "little Earthy"”




Dave's Site

It's been done before and it lead to WW2
5 posted on 03/10/2019 10:34:00 AM PDT by RedMonqey ("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
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To: butlerweave

Earthy McEarthFace?


6 posted on 03/10/2019 10:34:19 AM PDT by ichabod1 (He's a vindictive SOB but he's *our* vindictive SOB.)
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To: BenLurkin

I know some astronauts are raving lefties but still i respect them for having the cajones to get on a big a$$ fire cracker


7 posted on 03/10/2019 10:53:12 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: al baby

any one willing to risk being blown up at launch, suffocated in space and having there body crushed on impact to earth deserves respect


8 posted on 03/10/2019 12:57:17 PM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: BenLurkin

I wondered why ‘Little Earthy’ wasn’t aboard Crew Dragon when it splashed down. Now I know.


9 posted on 03/10/2019 1:01:56 PM PDT by hoagy62 (America Supreme!)
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To: BenLurkin

Is this anything like Microsoft’s Clippy?


10 posted on 03/10/2019 1:02:32 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If you want a definition of "bullying" just watch the Democrats in the Senate)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

http://www.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/Uh_Yeah.mp3


11 posted on 03/10/2019 4:05:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Why not have fun in space...? I sure wouldn’t go into space...


12 posted on 03/10/2019 7:09:48 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: SunkenCiv

*ping*


13 posted on 03/10/2019 8:40:28 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: fieldmarshaldj; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; ...
Thanks fieldmarshaldj. That particular plush toy is sold out, it happened fast, apparently due to the publicity.

14 posted on 03/11/2019 4:56:49 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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