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

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

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  • Ben Royce πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡©B Ben Royce πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡©

    @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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    mike805
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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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    • Robert McNeesM Robert McNees

      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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      • M mike805

        @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.

        CybarbieN This user is from outside of this forum
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        Cybarbie
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        @mike805 @benroyce @mcnees Never forget dogs got to space before humans.

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        • Robert McNeesM Robert McNees

          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

          Rich Stein (he/him)R This user is from outside of this forum
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          Rich Stein (he/him)
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          @mcnees
          You may be right about the photo!
          #NASA #DogsOfMastodon #DogsOfFedi

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          • Robert McNeesM Robert McNees

            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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            Crystal_Fish_Caves
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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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            • Robert McNeesM Robert McNees

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

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              • Robert McNeesM Robert McNees

                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

                ahimsaA This user is from outside of this forum
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                ahimsa
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                @mcnees Great photo! It's the cover for his book, Chasing Space

                https://www.lelandmelvin.com/books.html

                #Books #Bookstodon #Memoir #Space

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                • Robert McNeesM Robert McNees

                  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

                  Sci Fi Brickyards πŸš€A This user is from outside of this forum
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                  Sci Fi Brickyards πŸš€
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                  @mcnees
                  I love this photo πŸ˜‚

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                  • Sci Fi Brickyards πŸš€A Sci Fi Brickyards πŸš€

                    @mcnees
                    I love this photo πŸ˜‚

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                    Geoff 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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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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                    • Geoff 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿_ Geoff 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

                      @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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                      • Sci Fi Brickyards πŸš€A Sci Fi Brickyards πŸš€

                        @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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                        Geoff 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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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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                        • Geoff 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿_ Geoff 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

                          @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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                          • Robert McNeesM Robert McNees

                            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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                            • Robert McNeesM Robert McNees

                              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 man I thought he died from the way you worded that

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                              • CybarbieN Cybarbie

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

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                                Ben Royce πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡©
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                                @nf3xn @mike805 @mcnees

                                but didn't come back 😬

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                                • Ben Royce πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡©B Ben Royce πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡©

                                  @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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                                  Geoff 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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                                  @benroyce @mike805 @mcnees It's been tried in parabolic flights. @drskyskull has written a whole book on faΔΊling felines. https://youtu.be/O9XtK6R1QAk

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                                  • Ben Royce πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡©B Ben Royce πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡©

                                    @nf3xn @mike805 @mcnees

                                    but didn't come back 😬

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                                    Cybarbie
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                                    @benroyce @mike805 @mcnees at least they actually made it to micro-g unlike some... 😏

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                                    • Geoff 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿_ Geoff 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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

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                                      Ben Royce πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡©
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                                      @_thegeoff @mike805 @mcnees @drskyskull

                                      holy shit! πŸ˜‚

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                                      • Robert McNeesM Robert McNees

                                        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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                                        Astronot
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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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                                        • Robert McNeesM Robert McNees

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

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