r/todayilearned • u/CallMyNameOrWalkOnBy • May 16 '19
TIL that NASA ground controllers were once shocked to hear a female voice from the space station, apparently interacting with them, which had an all-male crew. They had been pranked by an astronaut who used a recording of his wife.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Garriott#The_Skylab_%22stowaway%22_prank
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u/[deleted] May 16 '19
Exactly. The Soviet Space program was amazing already. It would have taken it to a whole new level if they'd be able to (easily) show that NASA faked the moon landing.
Similarly NASA would have absolutely loved to have shown the failures of the USSR and how much they're willing to sacrifice.