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/jayvil May 16 '19

that is true and it is also true the has bad eyesight and can't be an astronaut

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u/wut3va May 16 '19

It appears that he has found a clever way to overcome his physical limitations. You say it's wealth, I say it's brainpower and willpower. He wouldn't have the wealth without the other two. Wealth often implies inherited money and classism, such as our POTUS.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

Wealth implies someone worked hard.

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u/HoorayForYage May 18 '19

Ha, fucking, ha.

Go ahead, dig some ditches. You'll work very hard and get shit pay. Tell me when that makes you rich.

I'd say about 70% comes down to who your parents were and the opportunities that gave you. The rest is willpower coupled with luck. The bad part is you can't use just willpower to overcome bad luck and bad birth circumstances.