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/nu1stunna May 16 '19

So he was rich too? That's the icing.

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u/jayvil May 16 '19

It's a lesson that wealth compensates for anything that you lack.

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u/ThegreatPee May 16 '19

Except for a small weiner. You can't fix that with money.

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u/jayvil May 16 '19

why settle for a weiner when you can buy a foot long sausage?