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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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  • M mike805

    @benroyce @mcnees I'd love to see how a cat and a dog adapted to zero G. I think they had mice or rats in a cage once, no? Did they learn to push off and fly around?

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    @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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    • 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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      #10

      @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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        #11

        @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.

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          #12

          @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

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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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                #15

                @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

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                  ahimsa
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                  #16

                  @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

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                    #17

                    @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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                      #18

                      @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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                        #19

                        @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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                          @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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                                  @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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                                      @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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                                        @_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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                                          @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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