NASA Humour

[ssjfb]

Just found today on the net :

[JLM]

Wow.

[davidrobinsonjr]

Government always has to Work to the lowest common denominator

[MDBenson]

Was it this image by any chance (original post image is gone) ?



Someone tweeted that during the last EAFB to KSC lift and I nearly cried laughing

[ssjfb]

Yes correct!!! It's for technical guys to be sure that they don't put the shuttle on her back 

[marvx]

looooooooooooool

[Admin]

This is a known hoax. If you care to examine the picture and have a keen eye for small details, you can notice that the text has been added later. In reality, there is no such text there.

Beyond the great stuff available, the Internet is full of BS. I am sure that somewhere there is a guy laughing his socks out at how many people he duped.

Sorry to disappoint.

/Admin

[ssjfb]

SNIFFF!!!!!!!!

[Admin]

SNIFFF!!!!!!!!

"SNIFFF" = "soft crying", "sob"  French onomatopoeia

/Admin

PS:
And here is my "smart-@$$ corner"  :

on⋅o⋅mat⋅o⋅poe⋅ia  /ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpiə, ‑ˌmɑtə‑/  Spelled Pronunciation [on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh, ‑mah-tuh‑] –noun

Origin:
1570–80; < LL < Greek "onomatopoiía" = "making of words" = onomato- (comb. form of ónoma name ) + poi- (s. of poieîn to make; see poet ) + -ia -ia

1. the formation of a word, as "cuckoo" or "boom", by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
2. ...
3. ...

[marvx]

lol

SNIFFF!!!!!!!!

"SNIFFF" = "soft crying", "sob"  French onomatopoeia

/Admin

PS:
And here is my "smart-@$$ corner"  :

on⋅o⋅mat⋅o⋅poe⋅ia  /ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpiə, ‑ˌmɑtə‑/  Spelled Pronunciation [on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh, ‑mah-tuh‑] –noun

Origin:
1570–80; < LL < Greek "onomatopoiía" = "making of words" = onomato- (comb. form of ónoma name ) + poi- (s. of poieîn to make; see poet ) + -ia -ia

1. the formation of a word, as "cuckoo" or "boom", by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
2. ...
3. ...

[Spacewalker]

This is a known hoax. If you care to examine the picture and have a keen eye for small details, you can notice that the text has been added later. In reality, there is no such text there.

Beyond the great stuff available, the Internet is full of BS. I am sure that somewhere there is a guy laughing his socks out at how many people he duped.

Sorry to disappoint.

/Admin

I am not so sure, if this picture is a hoax: There is at least one other picture on the web that shows the same text on one of the aft support struts of Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) N905NA: http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5790&nseq=6
As you can see, the picture was taken from a completely different angle but the text is also there.

So, I am not sure, if this exact writing really existed on at least one of the support struts of N905NA, and if it did, for how long it did or if it still does. The existence of different photos from supposedly different photographers may suggest it actually did, even though this is not "hard evidence", of course.

But: There actually was a similar writing on at least one of those struts for at least some time before 2001, though it was a little different! It read:

CAUTION PLACE ORBI_TER
HERE  BLACK SIDE DOWN
LEFTY LOOSY
RIGHTY TIGHTY

A black-and-white picture of it can be found on page 197 of the third edition of Dennis R. Jenkins' great book "Space Shuttle - The History of the National Space Transportation System", subtitled "The First 100 Missions". This picture is credited to Tony Landis, a well reputed aviation photographer, who I believe is credible for not manipulating his pictures.
The caption says "Space humor. Note small writing on N905NA's aft Orbi_ter support strut."
The picture must have been taken sometime before 2001, as the book was first published in April 2001.
(The picture can not be found in the first and second editions of this book.)

[ssjfb]

"SNIFFF" = "soft crying", "sob"  French onomatopoeia

/Admin

PS:
And here is my "smart-@$$ corner"  :

on⋅o⋅mat⋅o⋅poe⋅ia  /ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpiə, ‑ˌmɑtə‑/  Spelled Pronunciation [on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh, ‑mah-tuh‑] –noun

Origin:
1570–80; < LL < Greek "onomatopoiía" = "making of words" = onomato- (comb. form of ónoma name ) + poi- (s. of poieîn to make; see poet ) + -ia -ia

1. the formation of a word, as "cuckoo" or "boom", by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
2. ...
3. ...

Thanks Admin for your precision 

[ssjfb]

A black-and-white picture of it can be found on page 197 of the third edition of Dennis R. Jenkins' great book "Space Shuttle - The History of the National Space Transportation System", subtitled "The First 100 Missions". This picture is credited to Tony Landis, a well reputed aviation photographer, who I believe is credible for not manipulating his pictures.
The caption says "Space humor. Note small writing on N905NA's aft Orbi_ter support strut."
The picture must have been taken sometime before 2001, as the book was first published in April 2001.
(The picture can not be found in the first and second editions of this book.)

Yes, I have this book and I confirm.

[Pocci]

The photos here can't show the same thing:
If you paint a line at the top of the letters to the right and left, this line would touch the screws in the wikipedia-photo in MDBenson's post.
If you do the same in the picture in the link in Spacewalker's post, this line would be much lower (not touching the screws).
Were these pictures real, they were showing different objects.
Armin

[Spacewalker]

The photos here can't show the same thing:
If you paint a line at the top of the letters to the right and left, this line would touch the screws in the wikipedia-photo in MDBenson's post.
If you do the same in the picture in the link in Spacewalker's post, this line would be much lower (not touching the screws).
Were these pictures real, they were showing different objects.
Armin

Well, I think you are right: The two photos are not showing the same object. But bear in mind that there are two different SCAs (N905NA and N911NA) and each of them has two aft support struts (one on port, one on starboard). So, that makes four potential objects. Actually, I think the wikipedia-photo shows a starboard strut, while the one that I linked shows a port strut.