Meet Commander Chris Hadfield. He’s a bitchin’ guitarist, as you can see, and also a Canadian astronaut.
Yes, Canada has astronauts. Why wouldn’t it?
He was launched back in December to the International Space Station, where he’ll be living for five months and conducting important research. When he’s not Tweeting from space. Yes, somebody is currently tweeting from space. But even better was his response to William Shatner.
Shatner, in addition to being a large ham, is also Canadian. Whether Canada should be credited or blamed for this probably depends on how much of a Star Wars fan you are, but he still holds great affection for the land of his birth and its scientists.
But he was also confused about whether Hadfield was actually tweeting from space, so he asked him. This was Hadfield’s response:
@williamshatner Yes, Standard Orbit, Captain. And we’re detecting signs of life on the surface.
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 3, 2013
Yes, we live in a world where an actor who plays a starship captain can be gently snarked from space by an actual astronaut.
We love the future.
Editorial Note: Apparently there is some confusion as to the nature of my joke about Shatner, wherein I imply that fans of Star Wars may not necessarily be fans of Star Trek. So either that rivalry has completely died and I’m old, or the wording was confusing. I apologize for the latter, and the former I deny vigorously. Now where’s my walker?
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The troll-iest post so far this year.
Oh, come on, you can not tell me that wasn’t great.
And you reeled ‘em in too.
Ha! Well played, Commander.
Looks like this Canadian spacewalker was Canadarmed with a witty response.
Fun fact: Germans in World War I were absolutely terrified of the Canadian military. And for excellent reason.
Did they come out of the trenches with sharpened ice skates on their hands while riding mooseback?
No, they just killed the crap out of a LOT of Germans.
Ah. Then awesome.
“Whether Canada should be credited or blamed for this probably depends on how much of a Star Wars fan you are…”
Seriously? Star Wars?
Wow, I really was not expecting that joke to be interpreted that way.
Explanation is joke murder.
It is. On the other hand, do I want to be seen as accidentally funny and incredibly freaking stupid, or accidentally unfunny and just crotchety and sad?
Tell me, Mr. Seitz – what does being a Star Wars fan have to do with William Shatner?
I was making a cheap joke. You know… Star Wars Vs. Star Trek?
I think (hope?) he meant if you’re a Star Wars fan, you’re not a Trek, nor Shatner fan…
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Screw it, I’m going to link that to that joke right now.
This is funny to me because Shatner gets so pissed about people seeing him as nothing more than Kirk. He just got astro-trolled.
Oh, that’s not true. He also has his legacy as an annoying pitchman and terrible singer.
Denny Crane!
Actually, he was tweeting Shatner while hanging from the of a 1979 Chevy Impala.
hood of a 1979 Impala.
I found the Star Wars joke rather amusing. Mind you I was old enough to see the original trilogy in the theatres. Also, I am Canadian, so clearly, we are funnier.