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   🌈 ☯️Teresita🐧👭 (linuxgal@techhub.social)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2023 03:11:07 JST 🌈 ☯️Teresita🐧👭

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   • RustyBertrand

   @RustyBertrand And they never flew on the Shuttle after that. The first space workplace retaliation.

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     RustyBertrand (rustybertrand@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2023 03:11:08 JST RustyBertrand

     Today is the 50th anniversary of the Skylab "strike." Astronauts protested micromanagement, employer spying, & long hours. They demanded a day off, regular breaks, and greater workplace autonomy. Radios off, they floated around, enjoying space, and taking photos of Earth. #NASA gave in to their demands after one day.

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     "Strike or no strike, the tensions between the crew and ground control were real. A crisis meeting between the two parties was called on 30 December." -BBC

     #space

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     RustyBertrand (rustybertrand@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2023 03:11:13 JST RustyBertrand

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     @EVDHmn
     Hard to trust officials these days.

     I wanna talk to those two space bears.

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     Everyday.Human Derek (evdhmn@ecoevo.social)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2023 03:11:14 JST Everyday.Human Derek

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     • RustyBertrand

     @RustyBertrand
     Bah, I believed you for a quick minute lol. Officially is such a nuanced word…

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     brie (brie@venera.social)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2023 03:11:19 JST brie

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     @RustyBertrand NASA claims that “no strike or mutiny took place during the Skylab 4 mission. The astronauts and ground controllers resolved crew scheduling issues during an inflight operations conference”.

     The Real Story of the Skylab 4 “Strike” in Space - NASA