That was the most captivating 40 minutes we as a family have had in a long time. I wasn’t alive when NASA was at its peak, so I was only aware of it’s past successes and its decline. With SpaceX, a whole new generation of space geek can start a new. Also Florida to Ireland in a matter o... www.kaa.bz

@kaa Ha! I had the same thought about those boots. In India we used to wear those kinda boots in the rain (called the, gum boots) back in the day.

@pratik In Norway we call them «gummistøvler» (rubber boots).

@odd Nice. Of course, the British are all fancy and call it Wellingtons. Thankfully, we didn't borrow that from them like we did other things.

@pratik It would have been nice if they only wore tuxes and helmets. 🤵🏻👩🏻‍🚀

@pratik well the original Wellington was made of leather ... not ‘gum’ 🤪

@JohnPhilpin Guess we Indians got the gum ones 😋

@pratik @JohnPhilpin In new Zealand we call them Gummys or Gumboots, but never Wellingtons (as Wellington is the name of our capital and it’d get confusing)

@yorrike on a tangential note, I’m surprised NZ has not experienced a city renaming phenomena but then again, it still considers the Queen as head of state, like Australia, right?

@pratik Correct. However there has been a mass renaming. Almost everywhere that has an English name also has a Māori name. Wellington, for example, is Te Whanganui a Tara (the big harbour of Tara). Auckland is Tāmaki Makaurau. Mountains like Taranaki have been referred to by their original Māori name for a couple of generations now (replacing the colonial name of Mt Egmont). And misspelled road and place names are actively being renamed after decades of campaigning.