Wibbly Wobbly Missile-man

the hail mary thing i'm thinking about rn is how i, too, would find it both helpful and infuriating having a huge rock guy around going "how long since last sleep question" whenever I started to fuck things up. Yeah, Rocky, it has been a while since last sleep. Also fuck you. Thanks.

i love how eva stratt just drags ryland grace around with her he's not a prisoner but he's not free to go it's like oh yeah there goes pseudo dictator stratt and her little failboy that nobody likes

"guys in a spaceship" is really one of the genres of all time. like no way dude i wonder what they're gonna do in the spaceship this week

Michael Crichton’s idea that humans are inherently selfish and will look out for their own survival vs. Andy Weir’s idea that as social creatures humans will connect with and help others, fight.

do americans really care that much about space missions like the martian is leading me to believe? like yeah ok i guess the mission per se would make the news but other than that? do they really broadcast all of NASA's business?

IDK if everyone but there's a massive amount of people who like stand outside starbase to look at some fucking tanks being welded besides the launches and tests, and the amount of YouTube channels like Scott Manley and The Everyday Astronaut who have a fairly big audience and are really good and reverse engineering and figuring out things, so maybe not super big but there would be a very dedicated audience who could figure out mask was alive if NASA didn't disclose it at first.

Rewatching the ds9 episode where Sisko builds the ancient Bajoran spaceship and it really is THE prime example that this man belongs in a Lowe's. Unfortunately he keeps getting dragged into Political Intrigue but his soul longs to be comparing different samples of ceramic tile and going "very nice very nice." He should be weighing the pros and cons of getting a green egg smoker or an offset smoker, with a bunch of random 2x4s and drill bits and a fire pit already in his cart, while Jake stands off to the side bored out of his mind like "DAD WE DIDN'T EVEN COME HERE FOR A GRILL." And Sisko is like "well it doesn't hurt to look son. I might wanna come back for this later"