The public opinion on Shubhanshu Shukla's historic space mission is mixed. There is significant national pride and support for ISRO and the mission, but this enthusiasm is tempered by concerns about diversity in astronaut selection and some off-topic criticisms. Overall, the sentiment is largely positive with a sense of pride in India's advancements in space exploration.

ISRO

Shubhanshu Shukla

Yall ever think about how freaky is it that outer space is real? Like on an existential level. Think about those words for a minute: "outer space." The dark void beyond the sky. The primordial abyss between worlds. A place so vast and empty we just call it "space." Anyone else ever stop and think about how freaky and awe-inspiring it is that this is what our universe is like?

Pictures like this make me think about it.

slama_llama

You know how ya get close to a really big mountain and you think, any minute we're going to be there, but it still takes like forever?

spazecowboi77

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Exactly 3 years ago yesterday, the world's oldest person to visit space said of his trip: 

"When I looked in the opposite direction, into space, there was no mystery, no majestic awe to behold … all I saw was death". "I saw a cold, dark, black emptiness".

"I understood that we were living on a tiny oasis of life, surrounded by an immensity of death". "I realized that we had spent decades, if not centuries, being obsessed with looking away, with looking outside".

"It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered". "The contrast between the vicious coldness of space and the warm nurturing of Earth below filled me with overwhelming sadness". 

These are not exactly the advertising quotes you'd want to include when trying to sell a 28 million dollar trip to space on Blue Origin's New Shepherd. 

"Empty your wallet, and your soul too! Just in time for the Halloween season, experience a living sense of death like no other!"

Well anyway thanks William Shatner, who was 90 when he took the trip. These may not have been the answers we wanted to hear from one of fiction's greatest space explorers, but they were dead honest.

"When you need an answer, look over your left shoulder and ask your death." "Death is the only wise advisor that we have." - Carlos Castaneda

Eridianst

This picture - much more than all the other ones we see from space - gives you an idea of what it must feel like to be out there trying to make your way back.

It seems so easy to miss a spot that looks so small compared to everything else around it.

TemperateStone

In his poem "Perspective", Worden wrote:

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Read more about the image [at ScienceAlert.](https://www.sciencealert.com/this-photo-of-earth-taken-from-space-will-give-you-all-the-feels?utm_source=reddit_post)

sciencealert

It’s so pretty how the sun’s light glistens off of the ocean like that. The Earth looks so different and special compared to most celestial bodies

IAmMuffin15

I know because of the light levels and the limitations of photography the stars would not be visible in this photo, but would he have been able to see stars in the background from this perspective? Or would they only be visible if you had your back to the sun?

Mesozoica89

I know this is the most trivial thing to notice about the image but we really converted 70mm film to a 642x642 pixel image huh? 😭

EverlastingM

We’re not allowed to go to the Moon. That would be illegal

realJohnnyApocalypse

It's honestly kinda scary that in that infinite void u just creep up on an enormous ball

friedchickensundae1

They forgot the "from India Soil" part if they wanted to summon Jimmy B

contextswitch

It must be so frustrating for India to constantly have their launches pushed. It’s great they’re still going for it though.

Littlesqwookies

Astronaut 

Kosmonaut 

Taikonaut

What will India call their space people?

n36l

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

|Fewer Letters|More Letters|
|-------|---------|---|
|[ATV](/r/Space/comments/1d3c1qs/stub/l66pkgs "Last usage")|[Automated Transfer Vehicle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_Transfer_Vehicle), ESA cargo craft|
|[BO](/r/Space/comments/1d3c1qs/stub/l6clc9s "Last usage")|Blue Origin (*Bezos Rocketry*)|
|[CNES](/r/Space/comments/1d3c1qs/stub/l66pkgs "Last usage")|Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, space agency of France|
|CST|(Boeing) Crew Space Transportation capsules|
| |Central Standard Time (UTC-6)|
|[ESA](/r/Space/comments/1d3c1qs/stub/lk7wg0b "Last usage")|European Space Agency|
|[ESM](/r/Space/comments/1d3c1qs/stub/l68gw9d "Last usage")|European Service Module, component of the Orion capsule|
|[EVA](/r/Space/comments/1d3c1qs/stub/l6kgwgh "Last usage")|Extra-Vehicular Activity|
|[ICBM](/r/Space/comments/1d3c1qs/stub/lk7wg0b "Last usage")|Intercontinental Ballistic Missile|
|[ISRO](/r/Space/comments/1d3c1qs/stub/l69xsah "Last usage")|Indian Space Research Organisation|
|[LEO](/r/Space/comments/1d3c1qs/stub/l6jyuv0 "Last usage")|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)|
| |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)|

|Jargon|Definition|
|-------|---------|---|
|[Starliner](/r/Space/comments/1d3c1qs/stub/l6clc9s "Last usage")|Boeing commercial crew capsule [CST-100](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_CST-100_Starliner)|

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Decronym

I do not get why countries pool resources together for space adventures

Comfortable_Rip_3842

hiden1190

Were there any flights by China which launched American astronauts? Because, Russian spacefarers and Chinese spacefarers have their own names ("cosmonauts" and "taikonauts", I believe), not the "astronauts" American spacefarers have.

So, Russia launched astronauts because it launched some Americans (right?), but did China?

Yes, yes, tell me this is all the same... But it is not =P

Sergio_Morozov

Jax72

goodgodlemon1234

What's up with all these AI images of Indians on toilets?

genasugelan

That ain't Indian toilet so definitely fake.

JayPtl

There is a rather racist observation about this.... in that in India many residents avoid the throne and pick a spot on the street.

Strypes4686

It ain't xenophobic if it's about Indians I guess.

mayonnaiser_13

ElonSucksBallz

I am once again here to say that AI art should be banned. It defeats the purpose of the sub.

GabeNewbie

I mean, using AI-gen post on fake history porn is pretty much cheating.

ThoraninC

Fox-Slayer-Marx

Imagine a shittake so potent, you need thrusters on your tank.

Goadfang

Red01a18

Get this fucking AI shit off this sub, it defeats the whole purpose if you can just ask an AI to make the image for you

BetaThetaOmega

TudorSnowflake

AnInfiniteAmount

ienybu

I feel like this sub used to be fun absurd niche history references. Now it's just this; AI generated racist jokes.

Ttoctam

QueefSommelier

Not squatting on top of a sit-down toilet?

rdldr1

Racist AI posts? Sub’s doing fine without mods right?

Since when do Indians wear شماغ? (Thing on his head)

Khaled-oti

The first ever rocket to be sponsored by Taco Bell

Mobster-503

SuperMaanas

[BURUTABU-CHAN!!!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaApj1bf9Ks)

Jidaigeki

Onotadaki2

DrozdMensch

Dankey-Kang-Jr

I’m only downvoting this because it’s AI

MrStoccato

Dense_Raspberry_1116

RichieRocket

Those shuttles are absolutely beastly in person

Substantial_Tap_2493

Honestly, I think it’s the most amazing machine I’ve ever seen in person.  When I walked into that hall the first time, it’s overwhelming.  It was a quiet day at the museum and I was one of the few people in there.  

It’s emotional, it’s hard to explain.  How many people have been on it, how dangerous it is, how many people died on others…  it’s pretty humbling and special to see it in person. 

With how dirty Discovery is, you can see all the dirt and dust from reentry, the heat damage, the repaired tiles from transport, etc…. It’s my favourite museum exhibit I’ve ever seen.

F1shermanIvan

Udvar-Hazy is the *best*. Love that place.

hangingfiredotnet

Watched her lift off from Titusville as well as from the Tampa area many times.  Sad that it's a museum piece now.

SentientFotoGeek

And still plays second fiddle to the Blackbird at Udvar-Hazy, as God intended

Candle-Jolly

\*insert Dale Gribble saluting eagle gif here\*

I can't wait to have an opportunity to see one of these in person and show my boys.

oxfordfreestyl

I saw the Discovery there a few years back. Kudos to the site's construction planners and designers. From the 2nd floor walkway, I got the best photo with my sister with the shuttle behind us, one could ever ask for. The layout could not have been designed better.

I also was lucky enough to get to see the Enterprise in NYC a few years back as well. It was cool.. but I think VA was better overall in presentation.

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, VA though is the best. It is like Disneyland for me. Too much stuff to see in a single day, much less a single week. Highly recommend it.

bdschuler

I went to Udvar Hazy last year and saw it in person - Amazing experience to be in the presence of so much human endeavor and thought.

Arizona_Pete

It also flew both return-to-flight missions (after the Challenger and Columbia disasters). It had a reputation for being the most reliable vehicle in the fleet.

KickFacemouth

They were happy.
This still is just one snapshot from where a presenter is talking so they are quiet and calm before the interviews begin.

Anyone who have seen the actual clip knows this.
Anyone who hasn't and claims this is representing somehow that they know they were lying is deliberately avoiding the due diligence for making such claims.

Kriss3d

There are a few things you probably don't know:

* Neil was a combat naval aviator and a test pilot.
* Buzz was a combat pilot.
* Collins was a combat pilot and a test pilot.

Those types are very serious when performing their official duties.  Exactly like what you see in your video.

Here's the timeline (in UTC) to help you understand:

* 1969-07-16 - Liftoff from Cape Canaveral
* 1969-07-20 - Landed on the moon
* 1969-07-21 - Moonwalk
* 1969-07-21 - Liftoff from moon
* 1969-07-24 - Splashdown and quarantine begins
* 1969-08-12 - Quarantine ends and post-flight press conference

So by the time your video happened, they had been back on Earth for 21 days and had already been debriefed and given multiple interviews while in quarantine.  Think of the happiest day of your life.  Were you still smiling nonstop 3 weeks later?

Now you know a little more about the circumstances surrounding that video, and in hindsight you surely realize how silly your previous doubt seems.

BigGuyWhoKills

They are serious men with advanced degrees who had done something extremely hard.  Plus they made them sit in quarantine and they hadn’t seen their wives in weeks.

aphilsphan

I’ve watched the [uncut press conference](https://youtu.be/hzn_Lu9B284?si=lcwop1-43T-VNZYI) and can confirm it wasn’t the awkward mess it’s made out to be. There’s a particular still that’s cherrypicked that makes the crew look downtrodden and awkward. Plenty of emotion and humor is shown. I recommend watching it, it’s rather informative about some of the mission highlights and has a Q&amp;A towards end.

There’s often a misconception that they *just* got back from the Moon - which they didn’t. Apollo 11 splashed down (returned to Earth) in the ocean on July 24th, but the press conference was recorded on 12th of August. It’s important to understand what happened from when they were recovered until the press conference. They didn’t just return home. After spending eight days in space, the crew was required to spend 21 days in quarantine, which involved being transported aboard a modified trailer, in which they spent around two and a half days. They were then sent to a much larger quarantine facility that was part of Johnson Space Center, in which the remainder of that time was spent, in which they wanted to go home. They were also taken around on parades and such.

It’s also important to note that most folks aren’t great at talking under immense pressure, in environments where they’re in front of a huge crowd and/or a television audience. This more than explains their behavior. Some sports players look similar in front of press.

Here are a few snippets from the conference that are never brought up:

9:00 - Collins and audience laugh when he explains his workload after Armstrong and Aldrin had left the command module to the lunar surface.

23:28 and 23:34 - Some laughter and smiles as Neil describes EVA experience.

38:10 - Armstrong smiles as he explains he enjoyed the ride back into lunar orbit. “We enjoyed the ride more than we could say.”

40:00 - Collins smiles and causes audience to laugh as he explains he thought they were going to make it home fine when Eagle came into view from Columbia in lunar orbit.

44:10 - Collins and Armstrong smile as Armstrong explains they “were sorry to see the moon go, but we were certainly glad to see Earth return”

47:58 - When asked if Armstrong or Aldrin were spellbound at any point, Armstrong responds with “for about two-and-a-half hours” and they smile and audience laughs.

1:12:45 - When each is asked what they believe the meaning of landing on another celestial body means, they appear to have trouble coming up with such a deep answer on the spot. Armstrong, to Collins and Aldrin says “Anyone wanna try that?” And smiles. Collins responds with “after you” with a smile. Aldrin begins.

1:14:20 - Aldrin finishes his statement, and he looks to Armstrong, who looks at Collins, who then says “Oh, everybody’s looking at me?” and laughs.

PhantomFlogger

I don't think you understand the demeanor of these men. They aren't tik tok content creators.

texas1982

Dabadedabada

And I'm pretty sure that if they were smiling at that press conference you would say : "look at them smiling, shouldn't they be tired of repeating the same thing over and over weeks after the Moon landing? "

Vietoris

The bottom line is people, research research research research. Don't just accept what's been told to you look at the math look at the data look at the physics look at the statistics, and then ask yourself what does your common sense say

justalooking2025

https://preview.redd.it/t49m8x3hhkbe1.jpeg?width=1080&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=e6edb376ca5382814e37d526243def90f160f67f

Can I use this image for my Youtube video? Who should I post a credit to?

Disastrous_Cap5796

IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's upcoming visit to the ISS marks a milestone for India, aligning with future space goals like the Gaganyaan mission. His mission involves conducting key experiments designed in India.

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