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GIFs of all Chris Hadfield's groundbreaking space experiments

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Thu, 2013-05-30 23:41

The Green Slime The Green Slime's picture

GIFs of all Chris Hadfield's groundbreaking space experiments

Finally, the answers -in convenient gif format- to the questions that have plagued humanity since the dawn of time, such as how to eat nuts in space, how to eat tacos in space, and how to buzz your dome... in space. [url=http://imgur.com/a/XD9L4]The coolest things Chris Hadfield taught us about space[/url]

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Sat, 2013-06-01 05:03

Arenamontanus Arenamontanus's picture

Lots of material for grumpy

Lots of material for grumpy original space colonists: "In my day, we didn't have fancy haircuts, we had to get it buzzed with a vacuum cleaner attachment!"

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Sat, 2013-06-01 05:29

Decivre

Makes you wonder what would

Makes you wonder what would be common modifications to transhumans who live in space. Removed tear ducts? Hair and nails that don't grow after a certain (perhaps programmable with genefixing) point? Gecko grip backhair so you can sleep on a wall without assistance?

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Sat, 2013-06-01 07:23

Arenamontanus Arenamontanus's picture

You need tears to moisten the

You need tears to moisten the eyes, you just want to make sure crying doesn't occur (hence that old song 'Don't cry, spaceman' you can still hear at any bar across the Belt). Fixing hair and nail growth sounds like a good idea with Earth applications too. And gecko grips were likely perfected in the early years in space. Humans can adapt to really inconvenient environments if they have to, so fixing the small inconveniences will not be super-high priority for the agencies colonizing space. However, it will matter to the colonists who no doubt came up with lots of practical everyday inventions. A few might even have struck it rich with a widely used patent. "Our family fortune started with grandfather, who invented a convenient way of managing fiddly food in microgravity. Then he branched out into aquaculture, a sushi chain, and the rest is history. "

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Sat, 2013-06-01 20:29

Decivre

Arenamontanus wrote:You need

Arenamontanus wrote:
You need tears to moisten the eyes, you just want to make sure crying doesn't occur (hence that old song 'Don't cry, spaceman' you can still hear at any bar across the Belt). Fixing hair and nail growth sounds like a good idea with Earth applications too. And gecko grips were likely perfected in the early years in space.

There may be more efficient ways to keep the eyes watered. A translucent second eyelid, eyes that keep themselves watered without the need for ducts, for example ("It's so hot in here, my eyes are sweating" may become a factual statement). The cool thing about fixed hair and nails is that it might revolutionize hair style forever. Why cut your hair down to something specific when you can alter your scalp so that your hair naturally grows into the style of your dreams? That guy didn't shave "pimpin' ain't easy" into his head, those bald spots are just how his hair comes in!

Arenamontanus wrote:
Humans can adapt to really inconvenient environments if they have to, so fixing the small inconveniences will not be super-high priority for the agencies colonizing space. However, it will matter to the colonists who no doubt came up with lots of practical everyday inventions. A few might even have struck it rich with a widely used patent. "Our family fortune started with grandfather, who invented a convenient way of managing fiddly food in microgravity. Then he branched out into aquaculture, a sushi chain, and the rest is history. "

Plus, those small inconveniences may be the perfect target for homebrew biotech. Even if there are no hypercorps willing to delve into the issue, there's bound to be some random scum genefixer that wants to make your sneezes micrograv compatible.

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Wed, 2013-06-05 12:44

The Green Slime The Green Slime's picture

More interesting explanations

More interesting explanations from the internet's favourite astronaut, here explaining the effects micrograv has on the senses... [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyt8WFdzhMU]Sound[/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lur4W5ZSqj8]Sight[/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFgS9alvV1w]Taste[/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6nhTeLO5yY]Smell[/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaYxZEara0I]Touch[/url]

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