Astronaut plays bagpipes in space

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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-34757254[/url]
[quote]A US astronaut has played a set of Scottish-made bagpipes on the International Space Station to pay tribute to a colleague who died.

Kjell Lindgren played Amazing Grace on the pipes after recording a message about research scientist Victor Hurst, who was involved in astronaut training.

It is thought to be the first time that bagpipes have been played in space.

They were made for Mr Lindgren by McCallum Bagpipes at the company's factory in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.[/quote]

[Giraffen93]

my ears

[Burro]

[quote]It is thought to be the first time that bagpipes have been played in space.[/quote]

Considering the Scottish space program currently consists of a Cumbernauld man throwing empty cans of special brew at the moon from the top of Ben Nevis, I'd say yes... probably.

[DaBeaver]

This is the most scottish thing you can do in space. Besides tossing a log in the space.

[Ravenholme]

[QUOTE=El Burro;49071028]Considering the Scottish space program currently consists of a Cumbernauld man throwing empty cans of special brew at the moon from the top of Ben Nevis, I'd say yes... probably.[/QUOTE]

Hey! He got some of those cans pretty damn high.

[pr00ch]

there is no escape

[Sableye]

in space no-one can hear your ears bleed

[editline]7th November 2015[/editline]

so space-bagpipes are a thing

and if someone dies on the ISS they're prepared to send them off star trek style

[Nicolas]

[quote]In space no one can hear you scream.[/quote]

[thrawn2787]

Think about how much it cost to get those bagpipes up there

[Erfly]

[QUOTE=thrawn2787;49071648]Think about how much it cost to get those bagpipes up there[/QUOTE]

Probably the regular cost of bagpipes + the cost of how much it is to send a person to space.

[RayvenQ]

This is still better though

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo[/media]

[Lollipoopdeck]

[QUOTE=El Burro;49071028]Considering the Scottish space program currently consists of a Cumbernauld man throwing empty cans of special brew at the moon from the top of Ben Nevis, I'd say yes... probably.[/QUOTE]

haha i live in cumbernauld

its a shithole haha

[RearAdmiral]

[QUOTE=El Burro;49071028]Considering the Scottish space program currently consists of a Cumbernauld man throwing empty cans of special brew at the moon from the top of Ben Nevis, I'd say yes... probably.[/QUOTE]

They blame the english every time they fail to get there

[CMX]

Is amazing grace the only song that can be played on bagpipes?

[sltungle]

Nowhere is safe from the [I]music[/I] of my people!

[404 Not Found]

I'd like to hear what an electric guitar sounds like in zero gravity. Killer sustain I bet

[CMX]

[QUOTE=AugustBurnsRed;49079680]I'd like to hear what an electric guitar sounds like in zero gravity. Killer sustain I bet[/QUOTE]

A guitar isnt going to sound any different on the space station.

[DohEntertainmen]

[QUOTE=RearAdmiral;49078047]They blame the english every time they fail to get there[/QUOTE]

Technically, if you count the loyalists, the same union-jack-eyed type who dashed their chances at freedom away as English, then I'd say their disposition is well-founded.