How the hell did THAT get on the space station?

[Chichiri]

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. Ed Wood was prescient.

[edbermac]

5. LOL, but you got the wrong filmmaker.

That was Phil Tucker's magnum opus, Robot Monster. He was right up there with Ed. Or down there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Monster

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. Argh, I could have sworn that was Wood.

I even googled "ed wood gorilla" and that picture came up.

[Wounded Bear]

8. Pretty sure Ed's gorillas were wearing football helmets...

[gratuitous]

2. UPS

Those guys will deliver anywhere. Luckily, nobody nicked the package off the ISS front porch before the astronauts could retrieve it.

[lunatica]

3. Amazon.com

Premier

[malthaussen]

4. Hey, neither rain nor sleet nor dark of night, you know.

Bet the shipping was pricey, though.

-- Mal

[jakeXT]

7. It cost an estimated $56,683 (£40,449) in total to send into orbit.

The Orbital ATK Cygnus launched on top of an Atlas V rocket is thought to cost around $13,182 (£9,453) per pound.

Nasa told MailOnline the gorilla suit was sent to the ISS as part of Commander Kelly's personal baggage allowance in the recent Orbital ATK Cygnus resupply mission.

The suit was thought to have been a California Costumes suit, weighing 4.3lbs.

Using this as a guide, the gorilla costume shipped to the ISS in a cargo spacecraft that arrived in December cost an estimated $56,683 (£40,449) in total to send into orbit.

The cost of sending material up in the Soyuz space capsule along with Tim Peake is around $3,058 (£2,190) per pound.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3465356/Gorilla-costumes-rugby-balls-fake-tuxedos-Astronauts-spend-63-000-funding-sending-novelty-items-ISS.html

[A HERETIC I AM]

9. Worth every penny for the laugh quotient. n/t

[Kali]

10. HAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!

I effing love it!!!