Thank you for those links. I hadn’t heard of this before and it was a hell of a ride.
For everyone else, the TL;DL of the podcast (which you should listen to!) is that Naomi is good now, she works in the aerospace industry (“commercial jet engine stuff”), and she still cusses a fuckton. She did not get back her NASA internship after that incident. I don’t think she mentioned in the interview exactly how she got back in the industry, all she said is: “I took such a roundabout way to get back into it”, and then the conversation was sidetracked by BOEING KILLED A GUY!
“Suck my dick and balls”
There’s an episode of Sixteenth Minute of Fame about it.
Background info
💌 A paragon of proper Internet behaviour right here.
Thank you for those links. I hadn’t heard of this before and it was a hell of a ride.
For everyone else, the TL;DL of the podcast (which you should listen to!) is that Naomi is good now, she works in the aerospace industry (“commercial jet engine stuff”), and she still cusses a fuckton. She did not get back her NASA internship after that incident. I don’t think she mentioned in the interview exactly how she got back in the industry, all she said is: “I took such a roundabout way to get back into it”, and then the conversation was sidetracked by BOEING KILLED A GUY!
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.
Pretty fucked up they harassed Hickam to the point that he removed his own blog page defending them.
Thanks for the pod-recommend. Never heard of this one.