#nerding out

Thinking about the scene in Iron Lung where Simon looks through the med kit and drinks the rubbing alcohol.

In the US, to protect the alcohol tax revenue, rubbing alcohol is just poisoned alcohol. Like, they personally add poisonous additives in order to prevent people from drinking it, and it’s only supposed to be used to disinfect/be used topically. It’s not just ethyl alcohol, but methyl isobutyl ketone and ACETONE.

And in other countries, similarly, rubbing alcohol is also not true ethanol, but a concoction not fit for literally anyone to consume without serious side effects.

But in his mind, after the events of the Quiet Rapture, this is probably the closest to a shot he’ll ever get, and there’s a good (extremely high) chance he’s not even making it out of this alive anyways. So sure, those wounds are severe and it’d probably be smart to disinfect… if he thought it would make a difference.

Also he’s probably severely concussed and dealing with the stages of hypoxia, (and radiation damage), poor man was not thinking clearly at this point already

This movie really is full of

(No seriously, it spoils where the characters end up at and with who so if you care about that move on) (¬_¬")

(I love all characters equally so I tried to keep track of ALL… plz tell me if I missed one)

Sometimes TPOT episodes get a little confusing for me so I make a chart to help me, this episode I think more than I need it ( ദ്ദി ˙ ᗜ ˙ )

Anatomy of Eden

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"The first act of selfishness in the world was done by man, whose fingers have been covered in clay, used to paint—line by line, crooked and uneven—the image of a bear. A bear who had been hunted and skinned to provide food and warmth."

When a historian finds a portrait of herself in a museum, one without an author and one she was certain she never saw, she realises that there must be something she doesn't know. To find out what it is, she decides to leave her life behind in search for the truth, to satiate the curiosity that has been accompanying her throughout her life like an old friend. As the old saying goes, curiosity killed the cat.

Is this the place where I geek out over space? Is this the time?

Via Wooyoung’s Instagram: NASA shouts out Ateez’s new song.

I mean. It seems like the time is now.

But what I want to talk about specifically are the patches featured in the Inkigayo outfits.

Via SBS KPop Twitter

Instagram Photos from Mingi and SBS of Mingi and San show a closer look at custom Ateez mission style patches

There are a few different custom Ateez Space Shuttle-like crew patches.

But then there are at least four specific NASA mission patches I noticed throughout the costume set.

SMS photo from SBS showcases Hongjoong wearing a sweatshirt with the Spacelab 2 mission patch. A closer look at the patch from the National Air and Space Museum.

The first is for Spacelab 2. (Or STS-51, the official naming system for Space Shuttle missions) Spacelab was the predecessor to the International Space Station. It was a small lab space on Space Stations where different nations could send experiments they wanted to conduct in space.

This flight was also notable for a couple other fun reasons: the Cola Wars went to space. Coca Cola and Pepsi each developed their own mechanism for dispersing carbonated beverages in zero gravity. Astronauts were supposed to pick a winner. Ironically, Tang still came out on top. Because even though the drinks were fizzy, there was no way to refrigerate the soda in space.

Oh, this Spacelab flight also marked the first time dinosaur fossils were brought to space. Dinos in space!

Via Seonghwa’s Instagram. You can clearly see the 100th Space Shuttle Mission Patch. A clearer image is from the Air Force Museum.

The guys are also seen wearing a 100th Space Shuttle Flight commemorative patch. That mission, STS-92, saw astronauts docking with the International Space Station that was well under construction. They went on spacewalk missions to install the truss system that would be the framework for solar panels and communications (like TV in space!)

Via Jongho’s Instagram, STS-133’s patch is visible on his arm. A closer look at the patch details from the National Air and Space Museum.

The third patch I noticed commemorates Space Shuttle Discovery’s final flight (STS-133) This was the third to last space shuttle before total retirement of the program.

Hongjoong at the Makestar fan sign event (via simple_six66). Closer look at STS-134 patch on his arm via National Air and Space Museum.

STS-134 was the final mission of Space Shuttle Endeavor. The crew, lead by now Sen. Mark Kelly, went on the final trip where the Space Shuttle crew carried parts to construct the International Space Station.

These are patches that mark a golden era of cooperation in space travel, exploration, and experimentation between nations. With the end of the Space Shuttle program, and no clear successor from the civilian governmental agency, NASA has been set to rely on private partners in a way they never have before. In a way that puts private companies in the lead, instead of in a supporting role.

By 2030, the ISS will be shuttered and brought back down to Earth, further segmenting space exploration into a new era with a Space Race 2.0 between nation states and private corporations. (China already has their space station in low orbit, as they work towards heading to the moon.)

I tried to keep it short - but once I start talking about space the nerd level gets amped up.

Even if this has nothing to do with Ateez lore (which is really not my area of expertise)… the attention to detail from the stylists is once again amazing.