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1969 demonstrative photos of a NASA study on cats to help develop techniques for astronauts to re-orient in zero-G (lemmy.world)
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[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 69 points 11 months ago

"I work at NASA!"

"Oh, man, that's so cool! What do you do?"

[sweats, thinking of all the hours spent dropping cats and taking photos of them in mid-air] "B-biostudies..."

[–] fogstormberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I want this image framed

[–] MadBabs@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

Also my first thought. What a great piece of wall art.

[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

It's definitely something that would fit in a museum giftshop.

[–] tryitout@infosec.pub 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why aren't there space suits with tails?

[–] HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why aren’t there tails with space suits?

[–] tryitout@infosec.pub 9 points 11 months ago

I guess they haven't made that Sonic game yet.

[–] PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 months ago

Found an article regarding this, TIL!

[–] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah and then you get one in space and they can't do shit.

[–] Shou@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

What do you mean? The astronaut or the cat?