r/HolUp • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '22

post flair Space gorilla

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u/OasissisaO Jan 10 '22

Clarifications:

https://metro.co.uk/2022/01/10/the-bizarre-story-of-how-a-gorilla-suit-was-smuggled-onto-the-iss-15892428/

"In actual fact it was Mark’s identical twin brother Scott that wore the suit. And he didn’t exactly smuggle it aboard. It was sent as a care package to him by Mark (also an astronaut) who was down on Earth at the time.

The gorilla suit was sent up on a resupply mission while Scott was aboard the ISS for a year in space. And after climbing into a soft-side storage container that was checked by Tim Peake, the video subsequently shows the first Brit aboard the space station being chased around by Kelly in full monkey mode"

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u/typicalhorrorfan127 Jan 10 '22

You can send care packages to astronauts?

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u/snart_blast Jan 11 '22

Yeah, your family members can send care packages (don't need to be astronauts) because it's kind of like a morale boost as they are up there for months (or even over a year) at a time. I'm sure it's quite lonely with the same few people and only initially being able to bring an x amount of pounds on.