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Official NASA photo (reddthat.com)

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

The "american stereotype" look is the Canadian. /s

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 8 points 15 hours ago

Heroic leader, super smart biologist/physicist, ace pilot, very polite weapons specialist who just likes blowing things up.

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 44 points 22 hours ago (6 children)

To be an astronaut you need to have a well defined jaw line.

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 16 points 15 hours ago

High physical fitness is a requirement and that helps with the jaw line

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

To be an astronaut, you also need solid steel balls... and whatever the female equivilant would be to that statement.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 22 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Titanium uterus.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 14 hours ago

What's the galvanic corrosion rate between steel and titanium? Is this why they don't want astronauts to fuck?

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[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Well it all goes away with the fluid shifts that happen in microgravity. Could you imagine the flabby chins that would occur with someone with a weak jaw line. I think its a self evident requirement.

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 54 points 1 day ago (41 children)

The first woman (Christina Koch), non-white person (Victor Glover), and non-American (Jeremy Hansen) in deep space. And Reid Wiseman.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago

Wiseman is the oldest to travel out of LEO.

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[–] EonNShadow@pawb.social 38 points 1 day ago (13 children)

Something about this hits the uncanny valley for me.

Touched-up with AI?

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 17 hours ago

Professional photography has been around for a long time. There's lots of it.

AI basically just copies existing things.

Ai copies professional photography.

Photo looks professional.

Therefore, photo looks ai.

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Professional digital editors who have existed for decades take days to to touch up photos for press releases.

Fucking morons on the Internet in 2026: is this AI??

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[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think it might be the lighting and backdrop. They're brightly lit from one side, with a very dark background, making them really pop out. It reminds me of the lighting that was popular in 1990's formal portrait photos, which I always thought looked odd.

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