# Astronauts have bad hair

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronauts-have-bad-hair/316277>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 9, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronauts-have-bad-hair/316277 "2005-08-09T14:57:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronauts-have-bad-hair/316277/1 "2005-08-09T14:57:00Z")

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Wendy Lawrence and Eileen Collins, I’m talking 'bout you. Please join us in the 21st century.

And Charles Carmada, shave that mustache.

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronauts-have-bad-hair/316277/2 "2005-08-09T15:05:29Z")

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Einstein was no fashion plate.

I think over-achievers are simply fashion challenged. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronauts-have-bad-hair/316277/3 "2005-08-09T15:06:22Z")

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I think it’s the anti-gravity thing.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronauts-have-bad-hair/316277/4 "2005-08-09T15:19:43Z")

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Astronauts shmastronauts.

You’d think that Bill Gates and Donald Trump could afford decent haircuts.

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronauts-have-bad-hair/316277/5 "2005-08-09T15:20:14Z")

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> [@Honey](#):
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> I think it’s the anti-gravity thing.

Would that be like _anti-semite_? Hatred of gravity. 😃

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronauts-have-bad-hair/316277/6 "2005-08-09T15:21:22Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> Astronauts shmastronauts.
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> You’d think that Bill Gates and Donald Trump could afford decent haircuts.

Over achiever theory still holding true. 😛

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronauts-have-bad-hair/316277/7 "2005-08-09T15:26:11Z")

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NOT Pit material. Closed.

Lynn  
For the Straight Dope