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"Why's he flying to ISS, when all he has to do is get a train to Luton?" - UKIP supporter“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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I was supposed to go to Baikonur sometime in 2003/4 for a launch, Mr's best friend's Dad worked there and invited me.
Didn't know I'd need a KZ visa though so I couldn't go
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Why are they all saying he's the first British astronaut?
Has nobody heard of Michael Foale?Comment
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He got on as a US citizen (Dual National) not British. Our guy is the first Official Britnaut.Originally posted by Martin Scroatman View Post
Anyway weren't Mr Bedford and Mr Cavor the first men in space? Both British too.Comment
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Couple of images of the launch from a friend attending a meeting at ESA (ESTEC):
“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Well at last he will make Gingers look cool.Comment
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Watched that online on BBC iPlayer, TBF the top one is a computer generated vid....Originally posted by darmstadt View PostCouple of images of the launch from a friend attending a meeting at ESA (ESTEC):
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The space station runs on GMT
"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Too subtle?Originally posted by Troll View Post
The 1991 World Student Games were held in Sheffield. Who better to open them than local lass and first British astronaut Helen Sharman, fresh from a trip to the Mir space station? Trouble was, more used to floating weightless than trotting round a track, she tripped and dropped the torch, extinguishing the ceremonial flame.How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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