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Re: Some good news for a change, maybe?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date: 
Mon, 21 Jun 2004 16:23:45 GMT
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"Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:

Tomorrow's the scheduled launch day for the first suborbital flight

Whoo-hoo!  I just watched spaceshipone land and the first civilian • astronaut in
the history of mankind walk into the history books.  What an exciting day!

Hmm, I might dispute the first civilian astronaut bit. Dennis Tito would
qualify for that in my book. Well, actually, before that Christa McAuliffe
would qualify even though she never actually made it into space.

Doesn't lessen the accomplishment though.

Three cheers!

Frank



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  Re: Some good news for a change, maybe?
 
(...) Tito wasn't an astronaut (or, technically, in his case, a cosmonaut). He was sentient ballast. An astronaut is defined as a pilot or crew member on a space flight, not a tourist. (...) If she would have qualified (I'm not sure if she reached (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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(...) Whoo-hoo! I just watched spaceshipone land and the first civilian astronaut in the history of mankind walk into the history books. What an exciting day! Chris (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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