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ISS To Get Man Cave

Posted by samzenpus on from the floating-cheese-curls dept.

Nancy_A writes "There might be a new favorite hang-out for astronauts aboard the International Space Station later this year. The Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) will become a permanent module on the station, and will be brought up on the STS-133 mission, scheduled for September 2010. The new module might provide a haven for astronauts to get away from it all. '"The thought is, the PMM might become sort of a 'man cave,'" said Mike Kinslow, the Boeing payload manager at the Kennedy Space Center. "It won't have all the background noise of fans, computers and other equipment running like in the laboratories, so it will be a quieter atmosphere that might appeal to the astronauts during their off-duty hours."' Plus, NASA's Robonaut 2, or R2 will be brought up on the same flight. Any chance R2 could be programmed to serve drinks or bring food into the man cave?"

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  1. Oh, Mike... by spun · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Man Cave?" Really? That's just wrong on so many levels, I don't know where to start.

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    - None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
    1. Re:Oh, Mike... by spun · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Okay, I've had a think and I believe I know where to start.

      1.) It conjures up images of a Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor in space, "ooh, ooh, ohh. Look, I've turbo charged the vacuum toilet to AAIIIiii."

      2.) It's such a dated cultural reference that the gay subculture has adopted the term ironically to refer to their rectums.

      3.) There are women up there, too, right? So, claiming you got some hot action in your man cave, well, see point two.

      4.) It is, and always has been, a corny phrase. Say it will be your "fortress of solitude" or something.

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      - None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
    2. Re:Oh, Mike... by DAldredge · · Score: 1, Insightful

      You could start by making your sig agree with your statement.

    3. Re:Oh, Mike... by bigstrat2003 · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Incorrect. It is right on every level.

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      "16MB (fuck off, MiB fascists)" - The Mighty Buzzard
  2. R2 by drcosquared · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It almost like its asking for D2 to be attached to that name.

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    It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear.
  3. Serving drinks by atomicstrawberry · · Score: 3, Insightful

    R2 was perfectly capable of serving drinks on Jabba's sail barge so I don't see why he couldn't do it on the ISS?

  4. Call it something else! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Why don't they just call it something like a "Space Lounge". Sounds much nicer than "Man Cave".

  5. Re:Gosh, I wonder what THAT will be used for.... by plover · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just remember to turn the mic to Houston off of VOX.

    HOUSTON: "Uhhh, were getting a pretty steady 2-3 Hz slapping sound down here guys. Are all systems ok up there, and any ideas on a cause?"

    Houston, ISS. We report it as a steady 2-3 Hz fapping sound, not slapping. The cause appears to be us being STUCK IN ORBIT FOR SIX MONTHS! Over.

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    John
  6. Doesn't space travel need masturbation rooms? by Aargau · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sure, I can hold out for a few days but there' no way I'd last over a month in space without a little private time.

  7. Caution: Big Question by psbrogna · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why can't people use words the way they want to use them instead of the way you'd prefer they use them?