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2nd Space Tourist To Visit ISS In April 2002

Posted by chrisd on from the another-reason-to-save-your-pennies-and-dimes dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Another continent is represented in space: It has just been announced that Thawte founder Mark Shuttleworth is in the final stages of securing a seat on the next Soyuz launch in April. Press Release says he plans to do a lot of Science up there, with a whole bundle of other stuff. SpaceDaily seems to have broken it first of the commercial news, haven't seen it anywhere else yet. Go, Africa, Go! (Oh, and he reads Slashdot religiously ... Good Luck Mark!)" Looks like it's getting cheaper, too. I think it's time for a Slashdot staff meeting in space...

6 of 184 comments (clear)

  1. Fizrost Pizost by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I have achieved the grail!

  2. goat? by corr · · Score: -1, Troll

    209.242.124.241/goat

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    We wave the flag of freedom as we conquer and invade.
  3. Re:hehehe! geeks in space! by Omnifarious · · Score: 0, Troll

    if the slashdot team ever had a meeting in space, i would surely try my best to depressurize their capsule and watch everyone explode.

    If that's actually how you feel, stop coming here, reading and posting. AFAIK, nobody sticks a gun to your head and makes you go to Slashdot.

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    Need a Python, C++, Unix, Linux develop
  4. Re:No by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    bs

    how does this kind of dumb comments get to have +2 anyway?

  5. Re:slashdot homos blast into orbit, buttfuck in sp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    David Bowie, Labyrinth.

    I'll take Swords for 200, Alex.

    A priest, a rabbi, and a sheep walk into a bar... I can't remember the punch line, but your mother is a whore.

  6. Slash bug by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Comments by Autopr0n he is a Troll.

    Whith stuff like:
    WTF!?: ISU has their own email system, it has for over a decade.
    Pornography is good for you: Take a look, jerk off, and you'll feel a lot better afterwards.

    An he gets a (Score:2) I discovered a Slash-Bug! Or a 'bug' at least.