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hop wrote: Rand Simberg wrote: It also depends on the definition. There was the Japanese chain-smoking journalist (what were they thinking?) and Helen Sharman. Agreed. I have always found it a bit strange that the media defines "Space tourist" as someone who payed their own way. If you win a cruise (which is essentially what Sharman did) you are still a tourist, right ? The Japanese television network paid $28-million dollars for Tohiro Akiyama to fly to Mir in 1990. http://www.astronautix.com/astros/akiyama.htm Rusty |
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Jim Oberg wrote:
Ansari was the backup 'space tourist', and the prime guy (Enomoto) was just medically disqualified. She can speak to people in Iran with a 'voice from heaven' that the mullahs can't block -- what can she say? What does "Iranian-American" mean ? While inside the USA, they may feel some obligation to hyphenate every person's citizenship, if the person holds a US passport, he/she/it is AMERICAN, period. This is especially true if she no longer holds Iranian citizenship. In the past, NASA has refused to allow its telecom infrastructure to be used by the guests/customers of the Russians. The temptation to wave this rule for propaganda purposes may be big. But I suspect that she will not participate in such political games. However, since the Russians have normal relations with Iran, having them establish a live link with some Iranian TV outlet wouldn't be a big issue. And again, I feel she will be professional enough to not turn this into a propaganda issue. (It remains to be seen if Iranian media would be allowed to carry her message live or at all). |
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 03:38:09 -0400, in a place far, far away, John Doe
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: Jim Oberg wrote: Ansari was the backup 'space tourist', and the prime guy (Enomoto) was just medically disqualified. She can speak to people in Iran with a 'voice from heaven' that the mullahs can't block -- what can she say? What does "Iranian-American" mean ? It means she was born in Iran, but has become a naturalized US citizen. |
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Tehran News Service Plagiarizes Other Services
Am I just too islamophobic or is the official
Iranian 'Islamic Republic News Agency' (IRNA) Moscow story on Ansari's selection merely a rewrite of two other stories, from ARRL (the American Radio Relay League -- see how IRNA's story uses the crew radio call signs) snd from Mainichi? Another chapter in 'Ali Babajob and the Forty Thieves'? Read all the text to see how every sentence in the IRNA story is stolen or rewritten from these two wire services. Iranian government story: Iranian woman as next civilian space traveller Moscow, Aug 22, IRNA // http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu...5873115210.htm A US-based Iranian businesswoman, Anoushe Ansari, will travel into space as the world's fourth space tourist, instead of Japan's Daisuke Enomoto who has been ruled unfit to make the trip into space. ARRL story: American Businesswoman Could Step In as Next Civilian Space Traveler http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/08/21/100/?nc=1 NEWINGTON, CT, Aug 21, 2006 -- American businesswoman Anoushe Ansari may be the eleventh-hour stand-in for Daisuke "Dice-K" Enomoto, 34, as the next civilian to fly to the International Space Station. Mainischi story Japanese entrepreneur ruled unfit to travel into space http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/nation...na005000c.html MOSCOW -- Japanese entrepreneur Daisuke Enomoto, who was set to become the world's fourth space tourist, has been ruled unfit to travel into space, Russian Federal Space Agency officials said.... In an entry on his Web site dated on Monday, Enomoto wrote, "Twenty-four more days until space. Two days of training left. I went to the hospital for a CT scan, which they said was the last test." |
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"Rand Simberg" wrote in message ... On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 03:38:09 -0400, in a place far, far away, John Doe made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: Jim Oberg wrote: Ansari was the backup 'space tourist', and the prime guy (Enomoto) was just medically disqualified. She can speak to people in Iran with a 'voice from heaven' that the mullahs can't block -- what can she say? What does "Iranian-American" mean ? It means she was born in Iran, but has become a naturalized US citizen. Ah, that must explain all those African-Americans then. |
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 13:32:05 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Greg D.
Moore \(Strider\)" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: Ansari was the backup 'space tourist', and the prime guy (Enomoto) was just medically disqualified. She can speak to people in Iran with a 'voice from heaven' that the mullahs can't block -- what can she say? What does "Iranian-American" mean ? It means she was born in Iran, but has become a naturalized US citizen. Ah, that must explain all those African-Americans then. Nope, that's different (unfortunately). |
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Rusty wrote:
Wouldn't Ansari be the fifth ride that Russia has sold to space (unless they have sold others)? Don't forget the two congressmen that NASA sent up on the shuttle. Glen Overby |
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Glen Overby wrote: Rusty wrote: Wouldn't Ansari be the fifth ride that Russia has sold to space (unless they have sold others)? Don't forget the two congressmen that NASA sent up on the shuttle. Didn't they put those guys to work? They should have! I bet John Glenn worked... Eric Glen Overby |
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Eric Chomko wrote: Glen Overby wrote: Rusty wrote: Wouldn't Ansari be the fifth ride that Russia has sold to space (unless they have sold others)? Don't forget the two congressmen that NASA sent up on the shuttle. Didn't they put those guys to work? They should have! I bet John Glenn worked... Trivia question: How many U.S. Senators have been in space? Rusty |
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On 22 Aug 2006 11:32:01 -0700, in a place far, far away, "Rusty"
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: Eric Chomko wrote: Glen Overby wrote: Rusty wrote: Wouldn't Ansari be the fifth ride that Russia has sold to space (unless they have sold others)? Don't forget the two congressmen that NASA sent up on the shuttle. Didn't they put those guys to work? They should have! I bet John Glenn worked... Trivia question: How many U.S. Senators have been in space? The answer, of course, depends on whether you mean they were Senators when they were in space, or they are Senators now... Either way, the answer is one. If you mean either, then two... And if you want to talk ex-Senators (or future Senators...) it gets even more complicated... |
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