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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
your tax dollars at work
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posted on
03/10/2019 10:14:47 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
(I am 2 inches taller than when I launched!) So that's how Kyler Murray did it!
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posted on
03/10/2019 10:17:43 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
To: BenLurkin
Did you see the pictures of Earthy doing Space Station stuff ,LOL
To: BenLurkin
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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.)
To: BenLurkin
"NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko have adopted "little Earthy"
It's been done before and it lead to WW2
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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.")
To: butlerweave
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posted on
03/10/2019 10:34:19 AM PDT
by
ichabod1
(He's a vindictive SOB but he's *our* vindictive SOB.)
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
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posted on
03/10/2019 10:53:12 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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
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posted on
03/10/2019 12:57:17 PM PDT
by
PCPOET7
To: BenLurkin
I wondered why ‘Little Earthy’ wasn’t aboard Crew Dragon when it splashed down. Now I know.
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posted on
03/10/2019 1:01:56 PM PDT
by
hoagy62
(America Supreme!)
To: BenLurkin
Is this anything like Microsoft’s Clippy?
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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)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
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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.)
To: BenLurkin
Why not have fun in space...? I sure wouldn’t go into space...
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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. :-))
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/10/2019 8:40:28 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
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.
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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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