• Britain's going to space - 'Major Tim' Peake to join ISS in 2015
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[img]http://imgkk.com/i/7m-2.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22579023[/url] [quote]Tim Peake says he is thrilled to have been given the opportunity to go to the International Space Station (ISS). The UK astronaut told BBC News it was a "huge privilege" and the culmination of everything he had worked for during his aviation career. A former major and helicopter pilot in the British Army Air Corps, Tim Peake will join Expedition 46 to the ISS, launching in November or December 2015. His stay at the 415km-high outpost is expected to last just over five months. As an Esa astronaut, "Major Tim" will be flying under the Union Flag on a UK-government-sponsored programme. Major Tim's assignment is made as British space activity is experiencing a big renaissance. The space industry in the UK is growing fast, employing tens of thousands of workers and contributing some £9bn in value to the national economy. The government has also raised substantially its subscription to Esa, and the agency has responded by opening its first technical base in the country.[/quote] This will be the first ever 'official' UK manned space mission - the first time a British astronaut has gone to space on a UK government-sponsored mission. The handful of previous British astronauts all went up with a foreign agency like NASA
'This is Major Tim to ground control!'
[QUOTE=Sadim;40710606]'This is Major Tim to ground control!'[/QUOTE] "I’m stepping through the door"
about that time again ey chaps?
[QUOTE=NoDachi;40710643]about that time again ey chaps?[/QUOTE] Right-o.
YES! This makes me so happy as a brit. Awesome.
[QUOTE=MendozaMan;40710654]Right-o.[/QUOTE] you wot m8 i'll fuckin bang u out i dont give a fuck if im in space fight me
[QUOTE=a-cookie;40710662]you wot m8 i'll fuckin bang u out i dont give a fuck if im in space fight me[/QUOTE] I beg your pardon good sir, I'll duel you if I must. It doesn't matter that I am in space I'll still give you a jolly bashing.
[QUOTE=Petrussen;40710642]"I’m stepping through the door"[/QUOTE] "And I'm floating in a most peculiar way"
that guy looks british as fuck he's probably going to restrict the crew's access to pointy objects and eventually turn it into a police state
I'll notify his wife that he loves her very much.
He even looks like David Bowie a bit, wow.
[QUOTE=mac338;40710930]I'll notify his wife that he loves her very much.[/QUOTE] She knows.
[QUOTE=Hatley;40710825]"And I'm floating in a most peculiar way"[/QUOTE] "The stars look very different today"
"And I know its going to be a long, long time" No, wait.
[QUOTE=FoohyAB;40711034]"The stars look very different today"[/QUOTE] "For heeeeere am I floating round my tin can... Faaaaaar above the woooooorld... Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can doooooo..." Also, props to anything related to staying in space.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd4416c1sw0[/media]
We know Major Tim's a junkie.
The galactic empire has to start somewhere
[QUOTE=XanaToast.;40713158]The galactic empire has to start somewhere[/QUOTE] And Galactic Empires unofficial anthem [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8[/media]
Congrats ESA. This is going to bring the British space program to new Peakes.
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