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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.
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.
"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR
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
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!
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