Space!!

[SueEllen]

Can't find the space thread but finally a British man is going into space. He is following in a British woman's steps but that's not surprising....

Blast of 11am GMT

 

[FatLazyContractor]

WTF ?! There was some British porn from the nineties which was star trek themed. Wasn't it shot in space?

 

[VectraMan]

Must be a slow news day as this was all they could find to talk about on BBC Breakfast this morning. First "official" UK astronaut apparently. Shows how crap we really are at science and technology.

 

[DimPrawn]

The last attempt failed.

 

[vetran]

He is following in a British woman's steps but that's not surprising....

Yeah someone has to carry her shopping bags!

 

[SueEllen]

Must be a slow news day as this was all they could find to talk about on BBC Breakfast this morning. First "official" UK astronaut apparently. Shows how crap we really are at science and technology.

Shows how little money our government puts in it.

Helen Sharman was sent to space through a privately funded project, while all the previous guys had to change nationality.

 

[SueEllen]

Yeah someone has to carry her shopping bags!

Well he's a century late...

 

[NickFitz]

BBC News says "At 11:03 GMT (17:03 local time), notwithstanding some unforeseen obstacle, the Soyuz launcher's five thruster units will ignite, blasting the astronauts into orbit for the six-hour journey to the ISS."

I hope not; "notwithstanding" means "in spite of", so that implies that even if an obstacle arises, they're just going to blast them off anyway

 

[OwlHoot]

BBC News says "At 11:03 GMT (17:03 local time), notwithstanding some unforeseen obstacle, the Soyuz launcher's five thruster units will ignite, blasting the astronauts into orbit for the six-hour journey to the ISS."

I hope not; "notwithstanding" means "in spite of", so that implies that even if an obstacle arises, they're just going to blast them off anyway

and at 11:02am when someone says they'll be lifting off "momentarily", let's hope it's the American meaning and not the British!

 

[Troll]

He is following in a British woman's steps but that's not surprising

Aye she was quite a torch bearer for the UK space program