17 points | by andyjohnson0 a day ago
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SmarterEveryday posted a video interview with Don Petite and fellow astronaut Matt Dominick on the ISS. (Before Dominick's return to earth)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJofuF2zcTE
Don Pettit also visited the Royal Society in London which shows his curiosity quite well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnZLGlMbgUI
He also received the first patent for an object invented in space, a very clever zero-g coffee cup: https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadBasic...
Alternate link since the USPTO site is rate-limiting at the moment: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110101009A1/en
ESL here, so I have to ask, does the title imply that this astronaut is a curious human as in he has a high degree of curiosity, or is he a curious (type of) human as in there's something curious about his physiology?
It could mean both, however the term is usually used when referring to someone’s personality, rather than physiology.
In this case, the article talks about his curiosity.
> One of the most curious humans
No doubt he is very curious, but there might be some selection bias here.
SmarterEveryday posted a video interview with Don Petite and fellow astronaut Matt Dominick on the ISS. (Before Dominick's return to earth)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJofuF2zcTE
Don Pettit also visited the Royal Society in London which shows his curiosity quite well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnZLGlMbgUI
He also received the first patent for an object invented in space, a very clever zero-g coffee cup: https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadBasic...
Alternate link since the USPTO site is rate-limiting at the moment: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110101009A1/en
ESL here, so I have to ask, does the title imply that this astronaut is a curious human as in he has a high degree of curiosity, or is he a curious (type of) human as in there's something curious about his physiology?
It could mean both, however the term is usually used when referring to someone’s personality, rather than physiology.
In this case, the article talks about his curiosity.
> One of the most curious humans
No doubt he is very curious, but there might be some selection bias here.