For the life of me I cannot figure out why NASA put Massimino in management astronaut status instead of on an ISS expedition. The PR from his inevitable segments from orbit would be worth the trip in itself.
Quote from: Delta7 on 05/12/2012 06:55 pmFor the life of me I cannot figure out why NASA put Massimino in management astronaut status instead of on an ISS expedition. The PR from his inevitable segments from orbit would be worth the trip in itself.While he is in a management position, Mass is currently head of the astronaut office appearances branch - an excellent use of his skills, IMHO. I too would love to see Mass on ISS, but it may not entirely be a NASA decision - Mass personally may not want to commit to the 3 year+ training schedule, learning foreign languages, etc.
Seen the episode now. Mass was great, as expected. The Russian commander was good too!
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 05/12/2012 11:32 pmSeen the episode now. Mass was great, as expected. The Russian commander was good too!"9 times out of 10... it's no problem.""What happens on the 10th time?""Problem."
BBT is a show about nerds written for everyoneCommunity is a show about everyone written for nerds.So the BBT is a bit more popularist and I do sometimes get annoyed with the constant over-explanation of a nerd reference just so everybody else gets the joke.