For the uninitiated, the actual context was Naomi used celebratory expletives, the man overseeing the NASA internships asked them to maybe calm down, and the user then told him to “suck my dick I’m going to NASA” before being informed who they were talking to.
I’m paraphrasing a lot here, going off memory.
Also the guy warning her is not only not the one who got her canned for the tweets but he actually went to bat for her.
sixteen minutes of fame
To be fair, she’s more famous now than the vast majority of NASA employees
If she’s anything like me that consolation holds no value at all.
Right? I genuinely do not understand the desire to be famous. Like, it just does not compute for me and my personality.
Notoriety for notoriety’s sake seems a bit shallow but I can certainly get the idea of making a mark in something that you hold dear. Recognition.
Thanks for the pod-recommend. Never heard of this one.
💌 A paragon of proper Internet behaviour right here.
Before this happened, I actually knew who Homer Hickam was because I had read October Sky, made the whole tweet chain just that slight bit funnier.
I had read October Sky
The book was called “The Rocket Boys”. The movie made from the book was “October Sky”. (I honestly like the movie name better, though).
While you’re correct, since 1998 the book has been published as October Sky for that very reason. Fun fact, October Sky is an anagram of Rocket Boys
I was just googling him to see if he was the October sky guy.
Its good ending.
…and the rest, as they say, is history.
