Home » Samantha Cristoforetti, tiktoker from Space with quotes from Star Trek and Spiderman

Samantha Cristoforetti, tiktoker from Space with quotes from Star Trek and Spiderman

by admin
Samantha Cristoforetti, tiktoker from Space with quotes from Star Trek and Spiderman

“The profile is an idea from Samanthawho takes care of it by herself and shoots herself ”: we were told this, by the European Space Agency, when we asked for some more information on the arrival of the famous Italian astronaut on TikTok.

Yes why Cristoforetti didn’t just land on the International Space Stationbut also on the social network of the moment, the one used every month by over a billion people around the world: the @astrosamantha account was opened on April 12 and has since collected about 4.5 million views and almost 140,000 followers.

Your astronaut friend

by Riccardo Luna

April 27, 2022

tiktok: Samantha Cristoforetti’s first video

The Star Trek (and Spiderman) quote

On TikTok, Cristoforetti tells a bit of “behind the scenes” of life as an astronaut: how you eat in space, how you keep fit, even how you use the toilet. From ESA they explained to us that “Samantha herself had the idea of ​​opening an account on TikTok ”and that“ the idea was to reach a young audience and increase their interest in space exploration and space research ”.

And above all they confirmed that “the account will remain active also during the Minerva mission aboard the ISS” and that the astronaut takes care of practically everything: “Filming is done directly by herwhich decides the contents together with a team of ESA and ASI (the Italian Space Agency, ed) “, which is then responsible for the editing and production part”.

See also  Swappie, the ecommerce of used iPhones closes a 108 million euro round

We don’t have one certaintybut we honestly suspect (and hopefully a little) that two of the quotes accompanying @astrosamantha’s videos are also “made in Cristoforetti”.

The first is in the profile bio, where she describes herself as a “European Space Agency Astronaut” that sta “boldly going where no Tiktoker has gone before”: the Italian translation is “to get there where no tiktoker has ever gone before” and the reference is to Star Trek, because the crew of the spaceship Enterprise wanted to “get where no man has gone before” (in inglese, “to boldly go where no man has gone before”).

tiktok: how to train in space

In some clips, however, Cristoforetti si definisce “your friendly astronaut on TikTok”that is “your friendly TikTok astronaut”: here the reference is probably to the Spiderman comics, in which Peter Parker called himself (and sometimes still defines himself), “your friendly neighborhood Spiderman”that is, “your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man”.

You may also like

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Accept Read More

Privacy & Cookies Policy