Space Oddities or... huh, Now That is Cool

In keeping with my penchant for posting Blogs that have nuthin' to do with being TG but are I think just … interesting

See I was doing the dinner prep the other night with the news on in the background and I sorta caught sight of some bloke doing a dodgy version of Space Oddity, a song I never much liked.

Huh me thinks, what's that about?

Then a few hours later I caught the late news and got a whole new perspective on that not so dodgy version after all. See it's a Canadian astronaut on the International Space Station doing David Bowie with a new wrinkle being that he's actually there. A few changed words and some seriously amazing imagery.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo

Now I freely say he's not a bad singer after all and the whole thing is just amazing. There's loads of stuff he's posted showing little oddities of space living. He's back on Earth now and readjusting after months in zero G. Who'd a thunk about learning to talk again with a tongue that is suddenly 'heavy', assorted muscle problems and stuff. I think he has a Facebook site but I didn't go there. If we had more people like this about the world would be a lot better off.

Cheers, Commander Chris Hadfield, just magnificent.

Kristina