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  • mcnees@mastodon.socialM mcnees@mastodon.social

    Astronaut, author, professional football player, and STEM educator Leland Melvin was born #OTD in 1964.

    Here he is in the greatest photo ever produced by the US space program.

    Image: NASA

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    @mcnees I've said this before, but my favorite thing about this photo is that the dogs have absolutely no idea what's going on. They're just so happy to be here, you guys!

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      @benroyce @mcnees Yes, the potty problem is difficult even for humans in space. Too bad because it would get the whole world watching NASA if you had a pet up there.

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      @mike805 @benroyce @mcnees Never forget dogs got to space before humans.

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      • mcnees@mastodon.socialM mcnees@mastodon.social

        Astronaut, author, professional football player, and STEM educator Leland Melvin was born #OTD in 1964.

        Here he is in the greatest photo ever produced by the US space program.

        Image: NASA

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        @mcnees
        You may be right about the photo!
        #NASA #DogsOfMastodon #DogsOfFedi

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        • mcnees@mastodon.socialM mcnees@mastodon.social

          Astronaut, author, professional football player, and STEM educator Leland Melvin was born #OTD in 1964.

          Here he is in the greatest photo ever produced by the US space program.

          Image: NASA

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          @mcnees
          here is the greatest photoshop I have ever done of Leland Melvin on the moon with his dogs.

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          • mcnees@mastodon.socialM mcnees@mastodon.social

            Astronaut, author, professional football player, and STEM educator Leland Melvin was born #OTD in 1964.

            Here he is in the greatest photo ever produced by the US space program.

            Image: NASA

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            @mcnees you think those dogs are happy now, if they only new he was able to pee sooo high up ๐Ÿคฃ

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            • mcnees@mastodon.socialM mcnees@mastodon.social

              Astronaut, author, professional football player, and STEM educator Leland Melvin was born #OTD in 1964.

              Here he is in the greatest photo ever produced by the US space program.

              Image: NASA

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              @mcnees Great photo! It's the cover for his book, Chasing Space

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              Leland Melvin

              Former NASA Astronaut, Leland Melvin, is the only person drafted into the National Football League, NFL, to have flown in space.

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              (www.lelandmelvin.com)

              #Books #Bookstodon #Memoir #Space

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              • mcnees@mastodon.socialM mcnees@mastodon.social

                Astronaut, author, professional football player, and STEM educator Leland Melvin was born #OTD in 1964.

                Here he is in the greatest photo ever produced by the US space program.

                Image: NASA

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                @mcnees
                I love this photo ๐Ÿ˜‚

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                • andoriansoup@mastodon.socialA andoriansoup@mastodon.social

                  @mcnees
                  I love this photo ๐Ÿ˜‚

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                  @AndorianSoup @mcnees Earthrise, pale blue dot, happy dogs, first footprint, it's tricky to know which is the most fundamental human image.

                  Except it's the dogs. I have a theory that wolves domesticated us just as much as we domesticated them, hence we behave more like pack animals than apes somtimes.

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                  • _thegeoff@mastodon.social_ _thegeoff@mastodon.social

                    @AndorianSoup @mcnees Earthrise, pale blue dot, happy dogs, first footprint, it's tricky to know which is the most fundamental human image.

                    Except it's the dogs. I have a theory that wolves domesticated us just as much as we domesticated them, hence we behave more like pack animals than apes somtimes.

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                    @mcnees @_thegeoff
                    Oh absolutely. Have you looked into the eyes of a hungry Labrador while you're trying to eat dinner? That is intense domestication of humans right there

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                    • andoriansoup@mastodon.socialA andoriansoup@mastodon.social

                      @mcnees @_thegeoff
                      Oh absolutely. Have you looked into the eyes of a hungry Labrador while you're trying to eat dinner? That is intense domestication of humans right there

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                      @AndorianSoup @mcnees I grew up, from a baby, with a lab/German shepherd cross (we think), it's possible that dog taught me more about interacting with humans than my parents did.

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                      • _thegeoff@mastodon.social_ _thegeoff@mastodon.social

                        @AndorianSoup @mcnees I grew up, from a baby, with a lab/German shepherd cross (we think), it's possible that dog taught me more about interacting with humans than my parents did.

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                        @mcnees @_thegeoff
                        Lol same. We had a Saluki/Retriever cross. That dog had more compassion than most humans (and ate everything in sight)

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                        • mcnees@mastodon.socialM mcnees@mastodon.social

                          Astronaut, author, professional football player, and STEM educator Leland Melvin was born #OTD in 1964.

                          Here he is in the greatest photo ever produced by the US space program.

                          Image: NASA

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                          I met Leland Melvin once and he's exactly as chill and nerdy as his picture suggests.

                          @mcnees

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                          • nf3xn@mastodon.socialN nf3xn@mastodon.social

                            @mike805 @benroyce @mcnees Never forget dogs got to space before humans.

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                            @nf3xn @mike805 @mcnees

                            but didn't come back ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

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                            • benroyce@mastodon.socialB benroyce@mastodon.social

                              @mike805 @mcnees

                              i think cats would freak out, but dogs would love it

                              however, "the morning walk" would not be any fun

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                              @benroyce @mike805 @mcnees It's been tried in parabolic flights. @drskyskull has written a whole book on faฤบling felines. https://youtu.be/O9XtK6R1QAk

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                              • benroyce@mastodon.socialB benroyce@mastodon.social

                                @nf3xn @mike805 @mcnees

                                but didn't come back ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

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                                @benroyce @mike805 @mcnees at least they actually made it to micro-g unlike some... ๐Ÿ˜

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                                • _thegeoff@mastodon.social_ _thegeoff@mastodon.social

                                  @benroyce @mike805 @mcnees It's been tried in parabolic flights. @drskyskull has written a whole book on faฤบling felines. https://youtu.be/O9XtK6R1QAk

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                                  @_thegeoff @mike805 @mcnees @drskyskull

                                  holy shit! ๐Ÿ˜‚

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                                  • mcnees@mastodon.socialM mcnees@mastodon.social

                                    Astronaut, author, professional football player, and STEM educator Leland Melvin was born #OTD in 1964.

                                    Here he is in the greatest photo ever produced by the US space program.

                                    Image: NASA

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                                    @mcnees He spoke at the Woman in Science conference in Malawi in 2017. I was lucky enough to get a photo.

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                                    • mcnees@mastodon.socialM mcnees@mastodon.social

                                      Astronaut, author, professional football player, and STEM educator Leland Melvin was born #OTD in 1964.

                                      Here he is in the greatest photo ever produced by the US space program.

                                      Image: NASA

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                                      @mcnees the greatest photo ever produced by the US space program.

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                                      • mcnees@mastodon.socialM mcnees@mastodon.social

                                        Astronaut, author, professional football player, and STEM educator Leland Melvin was born #OTD in 1964.

                                        Here he is in the greatest photo ever produced by the US space program.

                                        Image: NASA

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                                        @mcnees There's ALWAYS space for the pupsters.

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                                        • crystal_fish_caves@mstdn.partyC crystal_fish_caves@mstdn.party

                                          @mcnees
                                          here is the greatest photoshop I have ever done of Leland Melvin on the moon with his dogs.

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                                          @mcnees im so glad this was popular. I had a lot of fun doing it. Dogs on the moon!!

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