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El Loro posted:

Although Tim Peake is the first official British astronaut, Helen Sharman was the first Briton in space back in 1991 when she went to the Mir space station.

 

Three guesses where she came from 

I remember it being all over, schools doing project, spreads in the local paper.

Also, does anyone remember the Doctor Who episode The Waters of Mars?

The character Margaret Cain was born in Grenoside, Sheffield in 2028 and was a Chemistry graduate from the University of Sheffield, two things the character shares with Helen Sharman.

 

 

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Saint posted:

I find it all rather pointless

The International Space Station is apparently the most expensive man made object ever built - costing billions to make. God knows how much to run/maintain.

Is it money well spent? What real use is it? What have we discovered anything of real importance from being in space?

 

I guess off the top of my head, the experiments they can conduct in space may prove useful over time back here on terra firma.

Also the technology used to get into and stay in space should trickle down to us all over time.

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velvet donkey posted:
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Roger the Alien posted:

Wonder did he bring up British food like custard creams, hobnobs... and... baked beans  

Flippin eck, I hope not or its gonna be a smelly 6 month  

Have you ever had the runs in zero gravity?   

I hope that WC has window wipers.

I think it would be more like a doggy paddle Velvet

Moonie
Moonie posted:
velvet donkey posted:
Moonie posted:
Roger the Alien posted:

Wonder did he bring up British food like custard creams, hobnobs... and... baked beans  

Flippin eck, I hope not or its gonna be a smelly 6 month  

Have you ever had the runs in zero gravity?   

I hope that WC has window wipers.

I think it would be more like a doggy paddle Velvet

 Well! I set it up and you didn't disappoint ...  bold boys the pair of you!!!  

  

FM
Saint posted:

EC that sounds like you're clutching at straws

 

No, on the contrary, I watched a programme about how no gravity helps some experiments. I was quoting what I have hear and read but without all the technical detail.

I makes me wonder how far microchip development would be if we had not gone to space in the first place. One would guess that everything in a spaceship is optimised to the nth degree.

Would we still be walking around with 1980's mobiles phones? Who knows.

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