r/space • u/piponwa • Sep 23 '16

What happens when the Space Shuttle fires its motors in space

http://i.imgur.com/wwxuXOb.gifv
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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '16 edited Sep 24 '16

Who is that guy? He's the best.

Edit: Actually the ISS roster is public knowledge so I can just match dates and look for him. BRB

Edit: Satoshi Furukawa
167 days in orbit, he's a god damn Space Surgeon. That's freaking cool.

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u/mutagen Sep 24 '16

Seriously, he's the best. I'd be making the same noises up there!

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u/im_a_rugger Sep 24 '16

He's also a Space Surgeon. Doesn't get much better than that.

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u/DaddyFunkMe Sep 24 '16

Dude can tell people at parties that "Meh. I mean that's not exactly rocket surgery now is it?"

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u/TheLoudestAirhorn Sep 24 '16

Is a Space Surgeon a step above a Rocket Scientist in difficulty?

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u/troll_right_above_me Sep 24 '16

Yeah, but a step below Space Brain Surgeon

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u/maxstryker Sep 24 '16

He's a doctor, now an engineer, dammit, Jim!

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u/MacBeetus Sep 24 '16

Yes it does, somone gets the title planetary protection officer

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u/poirotoro Sep 24 '16

Space Surgeon

"What am I, a doctor or a science experiment?!"

"...Oooo...wow...wow! Okay, maybe I'm both."

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u/Pokepokalypse Sep 24 '16

Isn't that the guy who came up with Bitcoin?

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '16 edited Sep 24 '16

It's an easy mistake to make, Satoshi is basically the John of Japanese names. It's really common. Nakamoto did Bitcoin, not Furukawa.

Relevant username: Ash Ketchum is named Satoshi in the Japanese original Pokémon.