Commander Chris Hadfield: Bowie fan, coolest astronaut ever

A "Space Oddity" cover produced in space—genius.

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[Sufinsil]

Cuy[/url]":2m0hm3iq]I didn't read anything about the licensing issues. Should we expect a DMCA takedown and then a lawsuit for massive statutory damage?

Like in the credits that list David Bowie as a part of it?

 

[Gibson99]

Daros[/url]":1kdn3eba]

tigas[/url]":1kdn3eba]

Lord Pachelbel[/url]":1kdn3eba]The ISS has cost $150 billion so far, so this is the most expensive music video ever.

Worth every penny.

If that was the only thing we got out of the ISS, I'd be pretty happy.

We got way more though, so yay for humanity!


Also, I'd really like to know from him how the lack of gravity affected his ability to sing and play guitar.

i'd guess it had no effect on his singing, since the atmosphere/pressure there is similar to earth. but he probably had to learn how to hold the guitar again. i noticed patches on the back of the guitar body - likely velcro to hold it to his shirt/uniform since a neck strap won't work without gravity.

 

[Cuy]

Sufinsil[/url]":3q98mjf2]

Cuy[/url]":3q98mjf2]I didn't read anything about the licensing issues. Should we expect a DMCA takedown and then a lawsuit for massive statutory damage?

Like in the credits that list David Bowie as a part of it?

He doesn't necessarily own the copyright to his songs.

 

[openaperture]

A real life space oddity. Awesome job.

 

[autodefenestrator]

Daros[/url]":2q4hddq2]

tigas[/url]":2q4hddq2]

Lord Pachelbel[/url]":2q4hddq2]The ISS has cost $150 billion so far, so this is the most expensive music video ever.

Worth every penny.

If that was the only thing we got out of the ISS, I'd be pretty happy.

We got way more though, so yay for humanity!


Also, I'd really like to know from him how the lack of gravity affected his ability to sing and play guitar.

He has a video on the topic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLRunqi1mDM

He says that playing the guitar is slightly different because there's no weight on your arm.

 

[LosD]

Sufinsil[/url]":386f28z0]

Cuy[/url]":386f28z0]I didn't read anything about the licensing issues. Should we expect a DMCA takedown and then a lawsuit for massive statutory damage?

Like in the credits that list David Bowie as a part of it?

Just because he thanks David Bowie, it doesn't mean that DB was part of it, or even approves.

However, "David Bowie Official" Twitter feed linked to it, and as it seems to be controlled by the recording company (no personal tweets, only release announcements), I would guess they wont interfere.

But more ridiculous things has happened, so you never know.

 

[lunarworks]

This guy is, in my opinion, the best public face for the space program we've seen in 30 years. He engages the public in a completely genuine way. I imagine kids love him, as he's the kind of guy who'd be given a weekly kids educational show on the CBC in the '80s.

Plus, he went to high school in my hometown. (Our local cable company put a live feed from the space shuttle on an unused channel when he went up in it in the '90s.)

 

[FlrMndCane]

Daros[/url]":3ovejyml]

tigas[/url]":3ovejyml]

Lord Pachelbel[/url]":3ovejyml]The ISS has cost $150 billion so far, so this is the most expensive music video ever.

Worth every penny.

If that was the only thing we got out of the ISS, I'd be pretty happy.

We got way more though, so yay for humanity!


Also, I'd really like to know from him how the lack of gravity affected his ability to sing and play guitar.

Check out his other vids, there is one on playing Guitar in space. Search for "Zero-G Guitar: Re-Learning How To Play In Space"

 

[maschnitz]

We definitely live in the future. When an astronaut serenades us over the global internet from space, all we can do is argue about the copyright implications.

 

[nexxo]

OK, I've just been awesome'd.

Mind = blown. Will be humming this all day.

 

[tigas]

Alan H.[/url]":dpk83qvn]I don't think he knows what that song is _really_ about.

Dropping acid and overdosing? How do you drop *anything* in microgravity?

 

[ncrand]

<Insert Canadian Pride here>

Booyeah!

 

[mrchalifax]

Chris Hadfield has been absolutely enourmous here in Canada over the last few months; I'm somewhat pleasantly surprised every time I see a non-Canadian news source following him and his story.

He's the astronaut the space programs of the world need right now.

 

[Pervis]

Brilliant!

 

[GreatTeacherKevin]

latentexistence[/url]":3khxke7g]He also did this in February.
http://youtu.be/AvAnfi8WpVE

Indeed, please include this in the main article. I came to the comments just to point it out. It was the moment that my man-crush on Commander Hadfield began. It is the most inspiring space song I've heard in such a long time!

 

[billyk]

Awesome in the true sense of the word... Just Awesome!

 

[dap263]

Ouch my nostalgia.

 

[Drakkenmensch]

Fictional astronauts haven't really been cool in decades (and yes, I'm counting that Armageddon was overblown and overexposed) but real-life astronauts are still badass right now!

 

[jalaram]

Alan H.[/url]":1gnutrmi]I don't think he knows what that song is _really_ about.

He's an astronaut with a YouTube channel and can play music. He probably knows more than you think.

BTW, did you even see the video? He changed the lyrics.

 

[Jonas-fr]

Am I the only one counting Thinkpads in this awesome vid?

 

[johneee]

Going to chime in with my Canada-Pride as well. Hadfield will be able to do just about anything he wants when he gets back down. I only hope he uses his power for good, not evil.

We've got a... strange group of people who are generally regarded as great Canadians, or heroes or what have you; Tommy Douglas, Terry Fox, Nellie Mclung, Billy Bishop, Gretzky, Brock. Some military, some sports, but mostly people who contributed to the country in some profound way. It'll be interesting if he continues the way he has and turns himself into some kind of lasting legacy like those folks, or if he'll disappear into obscurity when he gets back down. He may not even want to continue in the public sphere when he's on earth.

If he moves to the states, well, don't try coming to Canada for a bit, we'll all be locked in our rooms moping over the breakup.

 

[ScifiGeek]

Lord Pachelbel[/url]":2hwl1bza]The ISS has cost $150 billion so far, so this is the most expensive music video ever.

Now you are getting the hang of Recording Label accounting.

 

[NinjaNerd56]

Coolest thing ever.

 

[joshv]

Pens that write in space, Tang, and now You Tube videos - man, this manned space stuff is really worth it.

 

[vonGolgoth]

This man's awesomeness knows no bounds.

 

[Blacken]

Daros[/url]":2ngle7io]

tigas[/url]":2ngle7io]

Lord Pachelbel[/url]":2ngle7io]The ISS has cost $150 billion so far, so this is the most expensive music video ever.

Worth every penny.

If that was the only thing we got out of the ISS, I'd be pretty happy.

We got way more though, so yay for humanity!


Also, I'd really like to know from him how the lack of gravity affected his ability to sing and play guitar.

Check out this video: https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... 0616,d.aWM

 

[swiftdraw]

Kinda off-topic, but the man has a pretty righteous 'stache. Dude is definitely a badass.

 

[Jurrasic]

Zinger1[/url]":1pb7u88j]Bowie approved it. Yes Bowie is badass as well.

Good lord, if Bowie -DIDNT'T- approve it, I think musicians, geeks and scientists the world over would rise up to scorn him so hard he would wish he was sitting in a tin can far above the world for the rest of his life!

Also;

I don't think he knows what that song is _really_ about.

And that would be why he re-wrote many of the lyrics....

 

[Jurrasic]

swiftdraw[/url]":36m5qcpu]Kinda off-topic, but the man has a pretty righteous 'stache. Dude is definitely a badass.

It's a Canadian thing. About 90% of all RCMP male officers and 50% of military officers you will encounter if you ever come up here will have one.


In fact, Chris Hadfield looks frighteningly like my father in some of the angles of his pictures, and in this amazingly awesome video as well. ;-)

 

[axel000]

This guy deserves to be on the next major mission - Lunar, Asteroid rendevouz or Mars, I don't care. These kinds of missions need inspirational people taking part in them.

Good show.

 

[zAmboni]

NASATV has farewells and the hatch closing for Hatfield's trip home going on right now.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

 

[FaroCastiglo]

Disappointed not to see any mention of Don Pettit. He's maybe not so "cool" as Hatfield, but has made some neat videos of his own science experiments on the ISS, and just won an award for NASA Engineer of the Year.

 

[Evolution]

Watching the video just kinda making me nerves the whole time looking at those wiring dangling around and hoping he won't be stumbled over them while he was performing. Don't say accident won't happen. It happens. When I work on my full tower case I tend to tie up every single piece of wire nice and neat, but I guess that these are scientists they are not into this type of stuff as to an average Joe like myself. I guess they are more of paying full attention on the big stuff and not this wiring. BTW If there is room for a pool table I am in.

I was sitting by the cable car terminal in San Francisco picking my nose for 5 and a half hour not knowing some guys doing a space walk 200 miles up high. Sighs.. Could we be more productive to our society?

 

[dancress]

Legendary.

 

[westworldviewer]

chromal[/url]":sx4ut2wl]Hats off for this bit of fan service from Command Hadfield, whom I believe has done more for public outreach of the space program than any other spaceflight astronaut in recent memory, and I think having a lot of fun in the process. [...]

Said the exact same thing to my wife earlier when showing her the clip. Cmdr Hadfield deserves a medal for it (and a David Bowie invite

 

[pitmonster]

pierrebuz[/url]":mtm1fgwo]I'm 29. And when I grow up I want to be an astronaut.

I turned 40 last week. And when grow up I want to be an astronaut.

I already have huge respect to everybody involved in all space programs, but this is the icing on the cake.

Simply amazing




Edit : just watched the washcloth video, and loved it. The guy is fantastic!

 

[G1itch]

Bongle[/url]":1298p590]I'm really curious what he does next when he is back. I'm certain that every political party will be hunting him to run for parliament a la Marc Garneau. He could probably get an educational TV show. He's certain to be a speaker at every major public event for the next year or so - I think he's already doing the Calgary Stampede.

Or, as a friend posted on facebook, he could declare himself orbital dictator of Canada for life and nobody would really have any problems either.

I can't see him becoming a politician. He seems to be quite above that sort of thing.

 

[CircleBreaker]

They should make him Governor General once he retires from his Astronauting.

 

[pitmonster]

tigas[/url]":2sdsmde2]

Lord Pachelbel[/url]":2sdsmde2]The ISS has cost $150 billion so far, so this is the most expensive music video ever.

Worth every penny.

Without wishing to make this discussion political - and I am not saying Lord Pachelbel is wrong in his/her opinion - I cannot help but wonder how much money the various Governments of the world spend *each year* killing fellow human beings (i.e. military budgets), and how this compares to the *total* cost of the ISS?

Just a thought, to try and put things into context.

 

[Mugur]

I hope I'll live to see someone covering this...

Life on Mars?