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In Space, No One Knows You Read Vogue

Posted by chrisd on from the space-needs-women dept.

Chad Coffman writes "Salon has quite the story up. It seems Russian astronauts are trolling for supermodels as passengers for their space program." I guess Tito nor Shuttleworth were cute enough for Valery Korzun. May I suggest Courreges or Gaultier for space-suit designer? I'll leave the weight allowance jokes as an exercise for the reader.

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  1. Re:only real news i saw by Markus+Landgren · · Score: 2, Insightful

    With five gyrosocopes in operation on the station, it stands to reason that the backups are already up there. No need for a warehouse full of extras down here.

  2. Sounds pretty natural... by danamania · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Apart from all the jokes, in such an isolated environment it sounds pretty natural. Humans aren't completely isolated creatures from other humans, and for most of the population the company of someone of the opposite sex - just hanging around the place - is a wonderful comfort regardless of being supermodels. Keeping each other mentally stable in such a long term trip sounds as important as having leet space skillz :)

    So where do I apply?

    a grrl & her server

  3. Re:Nothing to see here... by anonymous+cupboard · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Note though that the cosmonauts are permitted to express a sense of humour. If a US male astronaut had said the same thing, he would be carpeted on his return.