A bit of publicity fluff around the Yuri Gagarin anniversary and the international space station and all of that, but …
… how incredibly COOL is it that we can have someone in orbit playing the flute along with someone on the ground? I mean, on the one hand, it seems trivial, but all that’s necessary to make it happen is AWESOME.
Really.
Btw, that’s NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman on the ISS, and Ian Anderson, founder of the rock band Jethro Tull.
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It’s really, really, really hard not to stare at her hair.
Yes. She’s clearly having fun in zero-G.
The Challenger flight was supposed to do something just like this. Ron McNair was to play his Sax (as he did on the album) with Jean Michel Jarre.
Love me some Ian Anderson! Jethro Tull recorded their first album (This Was) on the day I was born (6/13/1968!). Fun facts!
Thanks for this! I loved the way her hair moved.
At least in space, you don’t have to worry about playing one’s flute into the wind, which will carry it away from the audience, who are wistfully waiting to hear the tune.