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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA tweet dissing Trump, sent into to space.. April 2017
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/phoenix-asan-donald-trump-9276821Space is the place (to put your Donald Trump tweets)
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..the note from the Phoenix-based group was a reference to Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchells oft-repeated quote.
Mitchell, the sixth person ever to walk on the moon, said from space, You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, 'Look at that, you son of a bitch.
Thus, the tweet sent skyward on Aphrodite 1, which weighs about a pound and was filled with enough helium to take it to 90,000 feet. The balloon weighed a little over a pound, was inflated with 120 cubic feet of helium and outfitted with more than just sneers at our much-reviled president. Aphrodite 1 also sported a GPS sensor and a camera, perhaps to capture Mr. Trumps earthbound response, still pending.
The ASAN folks are equally mum. Members of the agency remain anonymous as a way to discourage the use of the group for the ego or vanity of individual members, a representative recently wrote to The Washington Post.
To our knowledge, the Aphrodite 1 launch was the first political protest in near space, the same member said in an e-mail to the Post. The agencys less-than-salutary salute was a reference to President Trumps proposed budget cuts of NASAs earth science program.
ASAN brought the event to earth by way of a YouTube video that described the act as the first protest in space. This was the first of several projects expected from ASAN, a fledgling space program composed of scientists, engineers, and artists.
**Up next: A GoFundMe campaign that will finance another balloon launch this summer.**
We're here to show the world that space is not just for generals, autocrats, and boy billionaires, the agency has stated.
Up yours intergalactically, Mr. President.
(146 mintes long.. nice view at 56 min)
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A tweet dissing Trump, sent into to space.. April 2017 (Original Post)
mhw
Jun 2017
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furtheradu
(1,865 posts)1. "Look at that, you sob"!!!
Thank YOU.💖
Awwwwwsome.
mhw
(678 posts)2. I love these guys!!
"Look at that, you sob"!!!
furtheradu
(1,865 posts)3. "First protest in Space"!! Anti-trump. 💜🌎💚
Thanks so much for this post!
FDT!
mhw
(678 posts)4. You are welcome. It was too cool not to tell the whole world!
dalton99a
(81,516 posts)5. Very cool.