It was the sort of photo that was just begging to be hilariously captioned, mocked on Twitter and photoshopped.
During a visit to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence solemnly reached out and touched the Orion spacecraft's titanium forward bay cover, placing his full palm just below a sign that read: "Critical Space Flight Hardware 'DO NOT TOUCH.' "
Mike Brown, a photographer for Reuters, captured the moment and his photo was soon devoured by the Internet - eventually forcing NASA to release a statement saying that it was OK for Pence to touch the space hardware and prompting the vice president to post a self-deprecating response Friday afternoon.
The tweets and photoshopped pictures started slowly Thursday night and became a full-blown meme by midday Friday. Several people compared the photo to one of Trump touching a glowing orb during his visit to Saudi Arabia, and an iOS developer noted that three bolts below Pence's hand formed "an appalled face." And thanks to Photoshop, Pence was suddenly spotted in an Indiana Jones scene and stroking the belly of a reptile and next to a sunbathing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) and touching MC Hammer as the Hammer sang "U Can't Touch This." The popular Twitter personality @nycsouthpaw jumped in to note: "In Pence's defense, 'DO NOT TOUCH' is in quotes." Read more...
During a visit to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence solemnly reached out and touched the Orion spacecraft's titanium forward bay cover, placing his full palm just below a sign that read: "Critical Space Flight Hardware 'DO NOT TOUCH.' "
Mike Brown, a photographer for Reuters, captured the moment and his photo was soon devoured by the Internet - eventually forcing NASA to release a statement saying that it was OK for Pence to touch the space hardware and prompting the vice president to post a self-deprecating response Friday afternoon.
The tweets and photoshopped pictures started slowly Thursday night and became a full-blown meme by midday Friday. Several people compared the photo to one of Trump touching a glowing orb during his visit to Saudi Arabia, and an iOS developer noted that three bolts below Pence's hand formed "an appalled face." And thanks to Photoshop, Pence was suddenly spotted in an Indiana Jones scene and stroking the belly of a reptile and next to a sunbathing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) and touching MC Hammer as the Hammer sang "U Can't Touch This." The popular Twitter personality @nycsouthpaw jumped in to note: "In Pence's defense, 'DO NOT TOUCH' is in quotes." Read more...