Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on the International Space Station

[KMFJD]

Did JJ Abrams direct this video? the lense flare!

/jk very cool
//he's had some of the best PR NASA has had in years

 

[SphinxnihpS]

You forgot SphinxnihpS

Make them all walk the plank!

Shiver me timbers!

 

[Doppel]

Probably the most expensive video ever. I wonder what it cost to get the guitar up there.

Was impressive though.

 

[Red Squirrel]

That's awesome!

To those complaining, out of all the areas in the government where tax dollars are wasted, this is what you complain about? This is much more worth it than all these stupid government studies and other BS that the tax dollars are spent on every day. Even astronauts have to have fun sometimes.

And really, I doubt this cost much money to do. It's not like he was sent there for that purpose. That was just a side thing. That guitar was probably packed with a whole bunch of other supplies that were being sent anyway, and was like 0.1% of the total weight on said rocket. They probably already had small satellites around to take those shots of the station, too. Maybe they burnt a bit of fuel to move them where they wanted. I'd be surprised if this cost more than a couple grand to do. Meanwhile a single missile being sent to Iraq is in the millions, and these things are fired daily.

Speaking of guitars in space, I wonder if it sounds different due to lack of gravity. I would think the strings probably vibrate much longer as there's nothing pulling it one way.

I think that would be a cool experiment actually, play different musical instruments in space.

 

[zinfamous]

Shiver me timbers!

I was hoping for this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_F0DIJyHRs

 

[zinfamous]

one of the comments there suggests that Bowie has commented on the video?

 

[Cattlegod]

Thousands of people die of starvation and this looser decides to make a lame music video in space and spend our money that could have been used to spare some people pain and suffering.
We should stop sending people to space.

the music video could spur more spending in nasa & others and allow us to colonize other planets faster preventing the extinction of human kind. this 3 minute video could have spared the human race.

 

[Ayrahvon]

One of my students mentioned something about space. I said, "hey, speaking of space, check this out." It was toward the end of class, and I was already well ahead of where I had intended to get in the material. It was well received by students who recognized the song.



I'm a huge critic of manned space flight. If you look at the most important research that they're doing (linked to above), one major experiment is the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer & the search for figuring out what the heck is dark matter. There's no specific reason for that experiment to be aboard the ISS, except to give them something to do. Except for research on the human body, there's very little, if any, research that requires an ISS to perform. It was mentioned that SpaceX makes it easier to retrieve science experiments. Well then, send an unmanned version of SpaceX up, perform experiments robotically, then bring it back. Again, no need for the middle man. Though, I'll admit that there are some areas of research that might be promising - bone density & possible solutions which might be applicable to persons aging on Earth.

Regardless though - this coming from a critic of manned space flight - your opinion is idiotic. That video was awesome, and if it inspires even one kid to pay more attention in science, it was worth it.

I think that manned space flight is significant if only because it is likely we will need to expand well beyond our planet if we have any intention of long term survival beyond 1000-2000 years.

Agreed on the video being awesome, and it amazes me how many negative comments there are about an astronaut doing this in his spare time. I imagine they really need that time given how hard they work and how secluded they are. Music is a powerful cultural tool and given how positive most of the response has been it seems that he has done well with his cover.

 

[Crusty]

I think that manned space flight is significant if only because it is likely we will need to expand well beyond our planet if we have any intention of long term survival beyond 1000-2000 years.

Agreed on the video being awesome, and it amazes me how many negative comments there are about an astronaut doing this in his spare time. I imagine they really need that time given how hard they work and how secluded they are. Music is a powerful cultural tool and given how positive most of the response has been it seems that he has done well with his cover.

Haters gonna hate, always.

 

[sandorski]

Freakin awesome.

 

[sandorski]

Turns out that this wasn't his only music video...not quite as good, but still quite good: Is Somebody Singing

 

[Herr Kutz]

I spotted global warming at 0:08 and 2:17

 

[gorcorps]

Life of the party right here!

Please... he's not invited to parties

But he is a pretty obvious troll though, I'll give him that.

 

[Eug]

David Bowie sez:

CHRIS HADFIELD SINGS SPACE ODDITY IN SPACE!

“Hallo Spaceboy...”

 

[Paratus]

So a couple of general comments.

Astronauts get time off. They have time off everyday and they get days off just like you and me. There's a good reason too; Mental Health, as I'm sure most of you already guessed.

What you may not know, is during Skylab, the crew got so fed up with the schedule the ground was giving them they turned off the space to ground radio for an entire day. So we want to avoid a repeat of that

Astronauts also get a personal up-mass allotment. The guitar may have come as part of that. I believe Hadfield did a video about the guitar somewhere.

The exterior shots of the station came from Shuttle fly-arounds surveys. After each shuttle mission, prop margins allowing, we would fly the shuttle around to get shots of the exterior of the ISS.

Interior shots and shots of Earth look like they were mostly done with the crews hand held HD camera.

Finally, one of NASAs core missions us education and engagement of the public on space. Which I'm sure this fell under.

 

[bradley]

Please go kill yourself

Speaking of which, Major Tom dies in Space Oddity. Obviously the outcome here will be different, if Commander Hadfield doesn't come back as a space junkie. lol

 

[Geekbabe]

I remember the great space race, I remember when math & science were cool. I remember standing there in shock & awe when our astronauts walked on the moon.

This video is wonderful, totally epic

 

[bradley]

This is the best thing to happen to NASA in a while. Maybe it will call more public attention to the deep 2014 budget cuts. NASA... almost the only govt. agency at which I marvel.

 

[MarkXIX]

This is absolutely brilliant! Where have U.S. astronauts been in this regard? The return on investment for this video should be phenomenal, here's why:

1) Today's kids are aligned with entertainment more than science, this is entertainment AND science. Music video in space, hell yes!

2) This video in reality cost almost nothing. Sure, you can bitch and piss and moan about it all you want, but the reality is, he's already there, he's already drawing a paycheck, the video camera was already there (most likely), hell, even the guitar may have already been there. The data transmission is already bought and paid for as well. Uploading it to Youtube probably cost nothing, maybe a few minutes for some NASA staffer who probably is already being paid for social media interaction.

3) Chris Hadfield has embraced the best of science and social media, answering questions that have lingered for me for some time about space and zero gravity. Prior to many of his recent videos, I all but forgot about the international space station.

So, all you naysayers and trolls, keep at it. This was brilliant on so many levels that you'll never admit because it's not "cool" to admit something's cool when you're a troll. We get it.

 

[RossMAN]

http://www.citynews.ca/2013/05/13/evan-hadfield-on-his-fathers-experience-in-space/

 

[_Rick_]

And now he's home again, from what must be the greatest of all field trips.

 

[unokitty]

Hadfield's Mission Highlights. Video Link.

Welcome home Commander!

Uno

 

[DrPizza]

One of the specific reasons AMS was designed to be on-board the ISS was the power requirements. It runs 2-3KW. Add in another KW or two to be a free flyer and you'd need to add something like the billion dollar Juno probe with 10+KW arrays to carry the already over budget AMS-2.

The ISS already had the power, attitude control, and comm systems to support such a payload.

Good to know. :thumbsup: Thanks!

 

[OlafSicky]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pran4wUg5y4

Here he is again wasting more of our tax dollars talking

 

[bradley]

So, all you naysayers and trolls, keep at it. This was brilliant on so many levels that you'll never admit because it's not "cool" to admit something's cool when you're a troll. We get it.

I don't think ATOT has as many trolls and stalkers as much as hipster nosybodies. The ROI of this video is exponentially monumental.