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Space Wedding Successful

Posted by michael on from the ground-control-to-major-tom dept.

The Llama King writes "Love transcends all, including gravity, the atmosphere and orbital altitudes. According to this story at the Houston Chronicle, "Yuri Malenchenko didn't let the fact that he's living aboard the international space station stop him from marrying his bride, Ekaterina Dmitriev." The bride was at Johnson Space Center near Houston, while the groom circled 240 miles above her. The honeymoon will have to wait."

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  1. Re:would they be legally married? by Frymaster · · Score: 4, Informative

    yes. it's just like on a boat - the captain can marry you legally and the register is signed on land at a later date.

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  2. Picture here by DRWHOISME · · Score: 3, Informative
    pretty hot.

    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030 810/161/4xwoo.html

  3. Re:someone must say it by Pharmboy · · Score: 2, Informative

    Is that the classic where Ralph dresses up as the man from space?

    actually, its many episodes. it was a running gag.

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  4. correct link here. by DRWHOISME · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hot wife

  5. Re:Marriages w/ a non-present party by Mononoke · · Score: 4, Informative
    ("Gee, I might get killed over here and never see you again... I want to get married now just in case I never get the chance to see you again....")
    Actually, there are much more important reasons: Marriage grants automatic reciprocal "powers of attorney" type rights which gives the spouse at home legal rights to handle legal details for the soldier, plus it makes the new spouse eligible for benefits should something bad happen to the soldier.

    If I remember correctly, the soldier also gets a raise in pay.

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