August 4, 2009
Comfortable?
PlayThough these might look like star wars memorabilia of some sort, they’re actually real. What are the objects in the pic?
Cracked by shenoyvarun86 , shrik , Debasish , Logik , Mo , Raghuvansh and ali.
Answer:
Quoting Debasish (Sorry ’bout pre-empting ya mate :-) ) :
“Seats for NASA Astronauts in the shape of their butts: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/astronautbutts/ ”
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/astronautbutts/ http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/astronautbutts/
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From the NASA WEBSITE—>NASA Langley Research Center
Molded astronaut couches line the Langley model shop wall. The names of the test subjects, all Langley employees, are written on the backs
Moulded couches for astronauts in NASA’s Langley Research Centre, for the Mercury programme.
Butts immortalized :p
Seats for NASA Astronauts in the shape of their butts
http://www.wired.com/wiredscie.....nautbutts/
You guys keep posting questions I\’m about to post on the NSIT QC Blog :(
Moulds for personalized couches for astronauts. Project mercury fundae.
seven Mercury spacecraft couches lined up with the backs of the body-molded couches facing the camera
crash test dummies?
Individually moulded couches for simulators for the Mercury space program.
Molded astronaut couches – part of NASA’s Project Mercury training for the astronauts.
tanning boxes? beach chairs?
Crash test dummy moulds?
Or.. aircraft ejection seats…
I think both are wrong :D