New York – As Jews around the world observed Passover, the festival of freedom, one adventurous soul is experiencing emancipation in a most literal fashion. In his new abode aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman has slipped the bonds of gravity and won’t return to Earth’s shackles for approximately two months.
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Reisman, 40, a mechanical engineer from Parsippany, N.J., is the first Jewish astronaut to live on the orbital outpost, a multinational complex that has been under construction for 10 years. For this Passover, living in weightlessness will require adaptation on his part. For example, matzah is out – the crumbs would be uncontainable.
Shortly before Reisman launched aboard the shuttle Endeavour March 11 from the John F. Kennedy Space Center, he was asked about spending Passover in space. “I haven’t really thought that much about that,” he said. [jewishherald]
Mark Levin, imagine he would answer that he thought much about it and spoke to his rabbi about how to eat matzah and 4 cups of wind etc. etc. you would be ranting here ” wow, we should be so proud of this yiddishe neshama for becoming an astronat and showing the world how smart we jews are” . Pleas for god sake, cut the crap!
Shortly before Reisman launched aboard the shuttle Endeavour March 11 from the John F. Kennedy Space Center, he was asked about spending Passover in space. “I haven’t really thought that much about that,” he said.
And we are supposed to be proud of this guy for what reason?!??!!? Instead of wow’ing these people we should be saying “big deal who cares!”
A Kasharen Pesach 🙂
how do you keep shabbos in space?
“he was asked about spending Passover in space. “I haven’t really thought that much about that,” he said.”
Hmmmm. Sounds very jewish.