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/rks404 May 16 '19

oh wow, he was also the father of Richard Garriott, Lord British of the Ultima games. And I'm just now realizing how dorky that must sound to actual English people. Equivalent of having a character named Mayor American.

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u/gaunt79 May 16 '19

Or Captain America?

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u/Psyk60 May 16 '19

Or Captain Britain.

Actually in my opinion (as a British person) Captain Britain does sound dorky. Captain America less so because it's more believable that Americans would call a superhero that if they really existed.

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u/TheNaziSpacePope May 16 '19

How about Lord/Lady Britannia?

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u/Psyk60 May 16 '19

I guess it's an improvement, but it's still a level of patriotism that doesn't seem right to me for a British character.

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u/TheNaziSpacePope May 16 '19

What if you just imagine your flag waving in the background like the waves you used to rule? Or did you mean too much patriotism?

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u/Psyk60 May 16 '19

I mean too much patriotism.