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A Gorilla Was Just Spotted On International Space Station

YT: Life on board the International Space Station isn’t all about serious science. Sometimes, astronauts put on gorilla suits and chase their coworkers around in zero gravity.

Life on board the International Space Station isn’t all about serious science. Sometimes, astronauts put on gorilla suits and chase their coworkers around in zero gravity. Well, it happened once that we know of, anyway. Retired astronaut Mark Kelly recently shared video on Twitter showing his twin brother Scott dressed up like a giant primate. Further, he’s floating through the ISS in pursuit of fellow denizen Tim Peake. One Twitter user commented, “…not a side effect of spending a year in space that I would have predicted...” Another wrote, “I think it's time to come home.” Scott Kelly will be doing just that in March, as his year-in-space mission is coming to an end.
siftbotsays...

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Wednesday, February 24th, 2016 7:06am PST - promote requested by newtboy.

spawnflaggersays...

I was just thinking "doesn't it cost $1M a pound to get stuff into space?"
so I looked it up, it's more like $10k (to $25k) to get 1 lb into LEO (low earth orbit, where the ISS is). But between 1lb and 5lbs, that's and expensive gag.

Paybacksaid:

Ya, I'm a killjoy.

sickiosays...

It's not a one off gag, Scott Kelly is actually a furry and needed this to keep him happy for his long year in space.

Paybacksaid:

There's 5lbs of science payload wasted.

At least Hadfield's guitar was a genuine personal item and not a one-off gag.

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