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[–] 64 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Brian May, the guitarist for Queen has a PhD degree in astrophysics. He might not be able to help fix the issue in the spaceship, but I assume would be able to explain why the issue is happening and I hope could also do the guitar solo to brighton rock to distract from the problem.

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  • [–] 29 points 8 months ago

    Dexter Holland of the Offspring would be pretty high on the list. He has a PhD in molecular biology and is also a licensed pilot.

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  • [–] 22 points 8 months ago*

    James Williamson of the Stooges became an electrical engineer, working at AMD and then became VP of technical standards at Sony, most notably helping to codify the Blu-ray standard. If something’s going wrong on a spaceship odds are good that you’ll want an electrical engineer.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago* (3 children)
  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I’m not sure how much use a particle physicist would be on a malfunctioning spaceship?

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago

    Obviously Brian May from Queen.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago

    David Bowie so he can contact ground control.

    Grace Slick and the rest of that band, i.e. starship crew.

    Intergalactic Touring Band, you get the idea.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago

    Bruce Dickinson, lead singer in Iron Maiden, can fly planes. He'd be my first choice. And Till Lindemann of Ramstein is a pyrotechnician or something. He could probably figure things out if there were an emergency.

    Then there's Buckethead. It's probably his spaceship to begin with.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    You don't mention living. Can we have one who passed away. I would say freddy mercury because he would get flash to save every one of us.

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    Which major musical group is he a part of?

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Not part of a musical group, but he does appear to be a musician:

    Chris Austin Hadfield (born August 29, 1959) is a Canadian retired astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot, musician, and writer.

    During his free time on Expedition 35, Hadfield recorded music for an album, using the Larrivée Parlor guitar previously brought to the ISS.

    His collaboration with Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies and the Wexford Gleeks, Is Somebody Singing?—sometimes shortened I.S.S.—was aired on the CBC Radio program Q and released by CBC Music online on February 8, 2013.

    Hadfield has been credited musically on his brother Dave Hadfield's albums.

    Chris Hadfield Wikipedia

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Questlove. Just seems like he'd know what to do.

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    Brian May would be a good bet with his PhD in Astrophysics.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    One of the guys from that band Limozeen, they turned their tourbus into a space machine.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

    Doesn't really fit the requirements but actor/singer/guitarist David Peter Capaldi probably still has his old sonic screwdriver tucked in a pocket just in case.

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    [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Surely at least one random person is a mechanical engineer or something. I wouldn't be able to make a good guess, though.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Ok Go. For some reason I think they might be able to save us.

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