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Space Wedding Successful

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. Ride Yoshi-girl today by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The F married the P

  3. This is worse than the time CmdrDickless proposed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  4. Kiss the Bride by Devil's+BSD · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, did he kiss the camera or the television screen when the pastor said "the groom may now kiss the bride"?

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    1. Re:Kiss the Bride by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Ok. I don't like to post AC, but I have lost my password (whether or not you believe that... it really is true). I shall not post my original ID though, on account of the lack of credibility I will recieve. Please do not mod me up.

      That said, there is a real question as to whether this marriage is valid. I would not question the validity, so much as the legality of it. A marriage is licit (lawful) if conducted in the presence of at least one witness (and depending on your religion, there may be additional requirements).

      In my own religion, the marriage must be overseen by at least one (and in this case, I would assume one more, to witness both sides of the marriage) cleric (naturally, of my own religion. ymmv.).

      Nevertheless, having appropriate witnesses to a marriage would make it licit, though no witnesses are required to to make it valid. This is because not all that is illicit is also invalid. In my own case, marriage is a commitment between two people. An exclusivity contract, if you will. It is a "contract" that both agree to. This can be done "validly" without witnesses, but not "lawfully ("legally," "licitly")." Therefore, a lawful marriage is not necessarily valid, and an unlawful marriage is not necessarily invalid.

      Personally, I raise an eyebrow, as to whether this marriage was licit, though I have little doubt regarding its validity, "groom kissing bride" (or for the feminists, vice-versa) or not.

    2. Re:Kiss the Bride by Ulven · · Score: 1
      Texas law allows one -- or even both -- of a couple to be absent from the ceremony as long as the proper affidavits are filed, said Ft. Bend County Clerk Dianne Wilson, who issued the marriage license.
      Looks licit to me.
  5. Aww shucks by Gherald · · Score: 4, Funny

    Get back to me when the couple is in space together. And post videos.

    1. Re:Aww shucks by evilviper · · Score: 1

      Watching the video:

      Gee, what's that weird looking thing floating around???

      GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!

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  6. Wait... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    That's no honeymoon!

  7. Re:FP - Yoshi-Frost by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You fail it to Yoshi-Slut, biatch!

    Please try to keep posts on topic

  8. The wedding is the easy part... by vudufixit · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Making a marriage work till death
    do you part - now *that's* a challenge.

    1. Re:The wedding is the easy part... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Again, I have not yet found my password. Therefore, I post AC. please do not mod me up. Mod me down if you feel it is necessary.

      Making a marriage work till death do you part is not difficult at all, in my opinion. You must find what you really want. Too many people choose to marry people they *think* they want, with no regard for what they really *do* want.

      Worse still, they choose to fornicate, causing huge amounts of suffering and angst for many people, because they choose to let their libido control them, rather than allow themselves to control their libido. It really is a sad state of affairs, when we live in a society that believes that a 23 year old male at the age of 24 with no children must be gay or worse (i.e., pedophiliac) simply because he chooses abstinence.

      To alter a quote I saw long ago from another slashdotter:

      We choose to slaughter many of our own babies before they were born, simply to enjoy the transient pleasure of fucking a stranger.

      And to think: If you could get a firm grip on your sexual appetite and learn to control it, you would reduce the "risk" of teenage pregnancies by one horny guy. Now, imagine what a world we would live in if *everybody* would choose such a course of action.

      Obviously, it will not happen. Some people simply refuse to be the masters of their sexual appetites. Actually, it seems as though *most* people refuse to make that choice. You a virgin? Prepare to be mercilessly mocked by your peers for your lack of sexual attraction, rather than praised for your control of your own sex drive.

      Now, mod me down, if you must. I expect it. I happen to have a lot of unpopular opinions. It matters not how well I state them, the simple fact is that you *probably* do not agree with them. I can understand that slashdotters do not mod down comments because they are poorly worded, argued, or otherwise deficient.

      Slashdotters mod down dissenters. That's the way the system works. I understand that. And I don't expect any special treatment after telling you what your modding faults are (and while I know you know that I'm right, I also know that you have no intention of modding me up; ah well, perhaps it is a good thing that I have yet to find my password).

    2. Re:The wedding is the easy part... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Doesn't it strike you as mildly ironic that most of the people who are against abortion are people you wouldn't want to fuck in the first place?

    3. Re:The wedding is the easy part... by isorox · · Score: 1

      I'd guess about 50% of marages end in divorce, the other 50% end up with one partner killing the other

    4. Re:The wedding is the easy part... by roman_mir · · Score: 1

      "Till death do you part" - not difficult at all! ... :)

    5. Re:The wedding is the easy part... by hesiod · · Score: 1

      > Some people simply refuse to be the masters of their sexual appetites

      And some people refuse to accept that sexual appetites are NORMAL, otherwise we wouldn't have them. Some people refuse to accept that God isn't going to send them to Hell for eternity because they had sex (oh no!) with more than one person.

  9. someone must say it by Pharmboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    "One of these days Alice, POW! To the moon!"

    If you don't understand that, you don't watch enough TV Land or just entirely too young.

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    1. Re:someone must say it by AndroidCat · · Score: 1

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

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    2. Re:someone must say it by Chronowerx · · Score: 1

      Alternate Slashdot version;

      "One of these days Ndnd, bang, zoom, straight to the third moon of omicron perei 8!"

    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. Re:someone must say it by AndroidCat · · Score: 1
      I know, I saw them. On the B&W TV, when the episodes were new, and nobody has two TVs...

      Who says that was a reference to The Honeymooners? :^P

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  10. Google is DYING! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    It is official; Netcraft confirms: Google is dying.

    One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Google community when IDC confirmed that Google market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all web searches. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that Google has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Google is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by Yahoo's failure to renew its exclusive deal with Google.

    You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict Google's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Google faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Google because Google is dying. Things are looking very bad for Google. As many of us are already aware, Google continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.

    Google search is the most endangered of them all, having lost most of its core affiliates. The sudden and unpleasant departures of Yahoo and AOL only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: Google is dying.

    Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.

    Google.com founder Sergey Brin states that there are 7000 users of Google. How many users of Verity are there? Let's see. The number of Google versus Verity posts on USENET is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 Verity users. AskJeeves posts on USENET are about half of the volume of Verity posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of Inktomi. A recent article put Teoma at about 80 percent of the search engine market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 Google users. This is consistent with the number of Google USENET posts.

    Due to the troubles of Google News, abysmal sales and so on, Google is going out of business and will probably be taken over by idealab! who operate another troubled search engine. Now Inktomi is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.

    All major surveys show that Google has steadily declined in market share. Google is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If Google is to survive at all it will be among search engine dilettante dabblers. Google continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical p

    1. Re:Google is DYING! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Okay okay I give in. Someone link me to Overture...

    2. Re:Google is DYING! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      .. just Google for it, silly!

      Overture

  11. Successful!!!?!?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sorry, but Successful!?

    How the hell would it be unsuccessful - are there technical issues related to communicating vows over a radio link or something... although how did they sign the register?

    And consummation, well, you don't want any problems on re-entry I guess - fly me to the moon baby!

    1. Re:Successful!!!?!?? by FroBugg · · Score: 1

      None of the X-Prize contestants docked with the ISS just as the priest asked if anyone had any objections. In that sense, it's quite a success.

    2. Re:Successful!!!?!?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I was waiting for a semi-cheesy Moonraker reference....I guess you win half point.

      zeb

    3. Re:Successful!!!?!?? by David+Gould · · Score: 1


      It ain't successful 'til it's consummated. (I guess they could cyber, but that wouldn't really count.) Let's get him down safe, and then call it successful.

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  12. whacking off by HBI · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wonder how they deal with jism squirts in microgravity - cause that's the most this guy is going to get till he hits ground. Does it foul the filters?

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  13. Successful? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    What, were you expecting a crash or something to interrupt the wedding?

    Weddings are almost always successful. On the other hand, living with shackles for the rest of your life... =P

  14. would they be legally married? by m.lemur · · Score: 4, Funny

    don't both parties have to sign the marriage register and get it witnessed together for a marriage to be valid?

    As a married man I can guarantee him that after about a year he'll be begging to be allowed back on spacestation.... alone.

    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.

    2. Re:would they be legally married? by 3waygeek · · Score: 1

      Not exactly; there are legal precedents on both sides of the issue.

    3. Re:would they be legally married? by el-spectre · · Score: 1

      There are some special Texan rules, as I recall, that make it ok.

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    4. Re:would they be legally married? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      IN SOVIET RUSSIA, the marriage register signs you... IN SPACE!!

    5. Re:would they be legally married? by MousePotato · · Score: 1

      You'd think these days a person could digitally sign that or send a fax...

      I hear you on the guarantee but it usually takes a few more years than that before that realization sets in.

    6. Re:would they be legally married? by LauraScudder · · Score: 1

      Yeah, so long as you already got your marriage license, which they did before he left, then you can get married over the telephone in Texas.

    7. Re:would they be legally married? by hesiod · · Score: 1

      > You'd think these days a person could digitally sign that or send a fax...

      Man, what a sad, backward time when my PGP key isn't a valid signature for my marriage license.

  15. Silly Texans by Jason_says · · Score: 5, Funny
    Texas law allows weddings in which one of the parties is not present.


    Thats just funny...oh wait,ummm. This could be my only chance to marry a supermodel.


    I'm moving to Texas!!!! ....I hope I don't get the chair for this.

    1. Re:Silly Texans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Sorry I'm from Texas and have already patented it. Please send $699 to me for the use of my idea.
      Thank you

    2. Re:Silly Texans by stephanruby · · Score: 1
      Texas law allows weddings in which one of the parties is not present.

      It's the backup plan in case the shotgun goes off.

  16. Not yet by A+nonymous+Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I was under the impression that it's pretty easy to annul an uncomsummated marriage.

    1. Re:Not yet by mattkime · · Score: 1

      particularly if you haven't yet displayed the blood spotted sheets to the neighbors

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    2. Re:Not yet by Drakonian · · Score: 1

      You've gotta be joking me!? Any links or anything to back that up?

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  17. Ooh, kinky. by slackingme · · Score: 2, Funny

    We know who is on top now, but one has to wonder about the honeymoon..

  18. The Absent Minded Groom by Cordath · · Score: 1

    "Texas law allows weddings in which one of the parties is not present. "

    Physically absent obviously works, but how about mentally absent? How about both? Could a cardboard cut-out and a talented ventriloquist be all that's needed to wed someone in a coma? Could this lead to a mediocre sequel to "While you were sleeping."? With the wonders of artificial insemination a swinging bachelor could easily wake up from a 20-year coma and immediately face college bills for his kids.

    1. Re:The Absent Minded Groom by Mononoke · · Score: 4, Funny
      "Texas law allows weddings in which one of the parties is not present. "

      Physically absent obviously works, but how about mentally absent?

      George and Laura Bush were wed in Texas. Draw your own conclusions.
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  19. honeymoon by Ugodown · · Score: 3, Funny

    Too bad she can't come up for the honeymoon. If ya know what I mean.

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    1. Re:honeymoon by arth1 · · Score: 2, Funny

      If he's replied to even a fraction of all his email offers, I'm sure his penis has grown so much that it'll reach.
      And if he hasn't, there's always good ole IRC and one-handed typing.

      Regards,
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    2. Re:honeymoon by superpeach · · Score: 1

      If ya know what I mean.

      No, please explain.

    3. Re:honeymoon by Gherald · · Score: 1, Funny

      No, please explain.

      It has to do with some sort of primal urge to copulate.

      But don't ask. I can't understand it either.

  20. Pregnant pause by m_chan · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That must have been one brutal pregnant pause to wait for the radio lag between "Do you take..." and the "I do". I wonder if for a second the thought passed through the poor guy's head..."Is she thinking about it?" I didn't see in the article where he was in orbit. Heck, instead of 380km he could have been more like 6,400 km away or so. Did they wait to do the ceremony until he was more or less overhead? I wonder if this is the farthest apart two people have been when they were married, other than when MJ married Lisa Marie Presley.

    1. Re:Pregnant pause by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Um.. They both planned on this long ago.. and a lot of people would be royally pissed if she changed her mind at the last minute (She went through a lot of trouble herself arranging it as well)

    2. Re:Pregnant pause by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Allow me to introduce you to this strange and bizarre beast: a woman's mind.

      It is a changeable animal, wont to do the most unexpected things at the most inopportune moment.

      The More You Know!

    3. Re:Pregnant pause by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Lets see, units: 380km / light = 0.0012s

      A bit less that the usual 9 months required for a pregnant pause?

    4. Re:Pregnant pause by JeanPaulBob · · Score: 1

      (-1, Dated Reference)

  21. Kathleen Fent, whore/slut, dead at 12 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just heard some sad news on TV - Famous whore and slut Kathleen Fent was found dead in her Michigan home this morning. There weren't any more details, other than the theory that she choked on CmdrTaco's one-and-only pubic hair. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss her - even if you didn't enjoy her teethy blowjobs, there's no denying her contributions to our cocks. Truly an American icon.

  22. Interesting... by Keebler71 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I find it interesting that the Russian Space Agency objected to this because they thought he was showboating and it would be an unappropriate, yet seem to have no problem launching boy-band members into space if they have the coin.

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    1. Re:Interesting... by Pharmboy · · Score: 1

      I find it interesting that the Russian Space Agency objected to this because they thought he was showboating and it would be an unappropriate, yet seem to have no problem launching boy-band members into space if they have the coin.

      Lol, damn good point. But it seems like its getting easier and easier for many European countries to be against anything we do in America.

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    2. Re:Interesting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...seem to have no problem launching boy-band members into space if they have the coin.

      You're assuming they planned to bring him back down.

    3. Re:Interesting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Also, whether one of NASA's motivations for approving the use of their facilities, for the wedding, was to poke the Russians in the eye for ignoring their objections to space tourists...

    4. Re:Interesting... by stephanruby · · Score: 1

      It's called capitalism. You can showboat all you want as long as you pay for it yourself.

  23. As someone who's been married for a while by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can say that 240 miles away from the wife is about as good a honeymoon as you can get.

    1. Re:As someone who's been married for a while by FroMan · · Score: 1

      What a horrible thing to say.

      I know that the idea is to pump some karma here for a cheep shot at your wife, but I dare you to show your wife your post here on slashdot when you get home.

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  24. Who would have thought by Gherald · · Score: 5, Funny

    It has been 15 minutes since a story about love & marriage appeared on Slashdot, and no one has been modded "Insightful" or "Informative" yet.

    1. Re:Who would have thought by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 2, Funny
      I'm more amused at the absence of "In Soviet Russia" jokes! Maybe I just need to lower my threshold.

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    2. Re:Who would have thought by LordNimon · · Score: 1

      In Soviet Russia, your bride marries you!

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  25. A little early to tell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It's hard to say that this wedding is successful. After all, they are just married. It will take a couple years of dish throwing and trips to the hospital and county lockup before we can say one way or another whether this was a successful match up.

  26. Rats. by mrpuffypants · · Score: 1, Funny

    I thought that they were botth up there. We could have killed two birds w/ one stone:

    1) First space wedding

    2) First space fucking

    1. Re:Rats. by Esion+Modnar · · Score: 4, Funny
      2) First space fucking

      Simple. Just open the airlock. They're fucked.

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    2. Re:Rats. by thynk · · Score: 4, Funny

      Are you positive it would be the first space screwing? We've been sending people up of both sexes, the cameras don't cover EVERY part of the ship and you have to imagine the novelity of it all would have a lot of appeal for either sex.

      I know it would be one of the *first* things I'd want to try in space.

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    3. Re:Rats. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I know it would be one of the *first* things I'd want to try in space.

      Haven't had much luck on Terra?

    4. Re:Rats. by Monkey-Man2000 · · Score: 1

      According to numerouse reports such as this, two Russian cosmonauts got it on in 1995. (Of course, they denied it because they're both married to other people.)

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  27. I feel like a cosmonaut! by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny

    I too have received offers to get hitched with a hot russian woman from a long distance!

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    1. Re:I feel like a cosmonaut! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I too have received offers to get hitched with a hot russian woman from a long distance!

      So now we know you didn't read the article...

  28. Damn you! by Quasar1999 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Damn slashdot!

    I come here to forget about how horribly lonely I feel... I'm a grade 'A', by the books, no bloody doubt, computer nerd. And as such, I have NO love life... so why must you speak of marriage? I can't even get a damn girlfriend... I'm sitting here reading slashdot to try and forget how miserable an existance I have writing code for a living, with absolutely no social life... and you have the nerve to post a marriage story???

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    1. Re:Damn you! by grungebox · · Score: 3, Funny

      Have you considered becoming an astronaut?

    2. Re:Damn you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I could have written the exact same thing, my friend. Except I'm too cowardly, so I have to send you my sympathy anonymously.

    3. Re:Damn you! by tinrobot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I come here to forget about how horribly lonely I feel...

      I hate to say it, but you're coming to the wrong place. Go somewhere where you're not behind a computer screen. Someplace where there are flesh and blood people. Take classes, go to the gym, join an interest group, volunteer... anything, really.

      As interesting as Slashdot can be, it's no sunstitute for human contact.

    4. Re:Damn you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Why don't you two get in touch and have some great buttsex?

    5. Re:Damn you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Where can homosexual negroes go to find other homosexual negores?

    6. Re:Damn you! by user32.ExitWindowsEx · · Score: 1

      Be happy....You *DO* have a job.

      Besides, if you just start hating people, then you'll be glad you're alone.

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    7. Re:Damn you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Thanks Dilbert, you can sit down now.

    8. Re:Damn you! by elementik · · Score: 1

      /me plays the worlds shortest tune on the worlds smallest violin.

      Damn dude, there's someone for everyone out there but you're never gonna find them by sitting on your fat (and getting fatter by the minute) ass whining about it. Go out, go the library / a pub or club / christ, go for a WALK in the park (buy a dog) and actually say hello to someone ...

      Oh wait, it's easier to say "oh i'm a failure *SOB* the world should stop" instead of doing something about it.

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    9. Re:Damn you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Have you ever actually tried meeting someone while walking in the park? It doesn't work, especially for people with poor social skills. Girls in the park don't want to be bothered by lonely geeks.

      Going out and trying to meet someone is just depressing when it will never happen.

    10. Re:Damn you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You get over it after twenty years or so.

      Look, the last thing this world needs is more humans. Hell, we can't even properly dispose of the lot we've got! And G-d knows, we've tried. War, disease, famine, George Bush - what does it take to get rid of all these g.d. humans?!

    11. Re:Damn you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Try meeting girls online first with AIM or Yahoo. It's good practice. Once you get your skills up to the next level, try going out and meeting women in the flesh.

  29. Marriages w/ a non-present party by kaltkalt · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Many states allow this. The primary purpose is so people in the military who have been called to duty can marry their significant other left back at home ("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....") So a serviceman over in Iraq can marry his girlfriend who is still here in the states. Proxies are allowed, too.

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    1. Re:Marriages w/ a non-present party by mrpuffypants · · Score: 4, Funny

      Proxies are allowed, to

      In that case I'll use anonymizer. Should make the wedding interesting.

    2. 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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    3. Re:Marriages w/ a non-present party by paul248 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Proxies are allowed, too.
      What about NAT?

    4. Re:Marriages w/ a non-present party by Theory+of+Everything · · Score: 2, Funny
      Proxies are allowed, too.

      How about for the consummation?

    5. Re:Marriages w/ a non-present party by kaltkalt · · Score: 1

      Yes, this is true. There are many real, legal benefits to marriage, which is why gay marriage is more than just a trivial issue.

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  30. Only idiots marry. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's true. Get over it, married idiot geeks.

    You shouldn't have married the first ugly chick that let you fuck her. You'll pay for it your entire life now and let me tell you: She doesn't get prettier over the years...

    1. Re:Only idiots marry. by dreadnougat · · Score: 1

      " She doesn't get prettier over the years..." Neither do you, and you're gonna start regretting it when you haven't had sex in 40 years. And then there's this thing called "love" that you seem to have no concept of.

    2. Re:Only idiots marry. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Awww. You keep telling that to yourself as you cry yourself to sleep in your cold empty bed.

  31. Someone broke the internet! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I looked at her picture in the story and there is no cum on her face.

  32. This is why.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I don't read Slashdot.

  33. There is no hope for us by TheFairElf · · Score: 2, Funny

    Even if you're in space, you cannot escape getting married. So much for my "i'm out of town" excuse.

    1. Re:There is no hope for us by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes, but you're posting to slashdot with a user id of your very own, so there is a very good likelihood that you would have escaped getting married anyways.

  34. Be glad! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Dork! Be fucking glad you aren't married! You can't imagine how fucking boring and repetetive your life gets if you must spend the rest of it with only one woman! Face it: Women DO GET boring after some time. Humans are not made for those lifelong relationships. It's unnatural.

  35. Just like my father used to say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Marriage is the easy part. The fiery reentry is the hard part. And if you deorbit enough it grows boring from the familiarity.

  36. More pics plz! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    She has nice, pipe-fitter lips. No disrespect, but trust me, my boy. There's two things I'm good at. That's pulling dents, and spottin' good blow jobs. And that sweetie has world-class blow job lips. Am I right, skipper?

  37. hee hee... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    wouldn't it be awesome if such a thing actually existed?

  38. Or not enough Futurama... by Kjella · · Score: 1

    ...remember a certain Lunar park? ;)

    Kjella

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    1. Re:Or not enough Futurama... by Cyno01 · · Score: 1

      We're whalers of the moon...

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

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

    1. Re:Picture here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Damn. What do you think my chances are?

  40. Men are from ISS, women are from earth by EqualSlash · · Score: 5, Funny

    Get ready for John Gray's next book.

  41. Marriage in Space by Esion+Modnar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cause noone can hear you scream.

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    They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
  42. Yes, but ... by Vinnie_333 · · Score: 1

    Yes, but the space "consumation of the wedding" will be much harder!

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  43. Marriage in Space? by dafoomie · · Score: 1

    Can the captain of the ship marry you in space like he can at sea? Captain Kirk did it... No wait, the groom died, didn't he? Hope the cosmonaut isn't wearing a red shirt.

  44. Other News: CmdrTaco launches Kate Fent into space by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Apparently even Taco finally realized what a horror it is to wake up to her mug every day.

    Reports are that Taco is now banging some stolen infant named "Marticock".

  45. NASA gadgets by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Likely NASA already has a quiet solution to the problem, like those cyanide capsules "Just in Case". Probably it's a $6000 old sock that conforms to milspec.

    1. Re:NASA gadgets by HBI · · Score: 0

      You sir, have an excellent, cynical sense of humor, unlike the moderators.

      Gave me a nice belly laugh, that did.

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  46. The honeymoon doesn't have to wait... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...with some of these tools. +5 informative.

  47. My buddy was in the groom's party... by Beatlebum · · Score: 5, Funny

    He said the ceremony was totally lacking in atmosphere.

    1. Re:My buddy was in the groom's party... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I bet the wonderful view and ample parking made up for it.

  48. He is russian by Billly+Gates · · Score: 1
    In Soviet Union Russia Weddings marry YOU!

  49. Article Slashdotted, photos below by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
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    I knew it wanted to please me. I managed my underwear over my huge unit. It went directly to my anus, smoothing it's saliva ridden handle over it, lubing it up for penetration. It went in gently at first, a little bit at a time, a little further each shove. I started lightly moaning. It kept shoving, moving with more force, and speed. I started groaning a bit, I wanted all of it in me. It started getting quite powerful, and my anus finally gave way, and swallowed it whole. I rode it out, groaning louder, with each push. It felt so good, I knew I was close to orgasm, I could feel my balls tremble with delight. But, without notice, it pulled out. I groaned, trying to pull it back in, still wanting to feel the pleasure. But it insisted on going around front.

    It smoothed itself around my massive manhood, bouncing it up and down. It was rubbing the cock head now, soaking it with its' juices. Jerking me at a wonderfully slow pace, that made me cringe with sensation. It was now Jerking me faster, up and down, left and right, all around. Moving me so fast, my balls ached as they bounced against the pan. I moved with it's speedy motion, groaning loudly, and moving my head back, in sexual glory. I was ready to blow, and then it happened. As I let out one loud grunt, streams of cum shot out, dripping down the pan. It jerked me until every hot, creamy shot, was out. It was over, I had lived my fantasy.

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  50. SICK EVIL PUN ALERT IN PARENT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Parent is a sick bastard for making such an evil pun.

  51. Honeymoon Gloom by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Who wants to fuck the Honeymoon Gloom,
    the Honeymoon Gloom
    the Honeymoon Gloom
    Who wants to fuck the Honeymoon Gloom,
    and stick your tongue in his bowels.

  52. ISS Bachelor Party! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Some smuggled vodka leads to an impromptu lamp dance in the laboratory module. Researchers are left puzzled at the offscale readings that occurred during the protein crystal growth experiment.

  53. correct link here. by DRWHOISME · · Score: 5, Informative
  54. Marriage Transcript by super-momo · · Score: 1
    Priest. Mr. Malenchenko. Do you want to take her as your wife? Blah blah. Over

    Malenchenko: Roger. Yes I do. Over.

    [Communication dropped due to slashdot effect.]

    Dmitriev: What about me?!?!

    Priest: Well, I guess we'll have to try again tomorrow!

  55. dude !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    slashdot is teh kewl !!!

  56. Rerun by LooseChanj · · Score: 1

    Didn't they do this on an episode of MASH?

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  57. Hittin' IT by Eezy+Bordone · · Score: 1

    That's a long time to wait to "hit it".

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    Do you ever walk alone like a drifter in the dark?

  58. Shouldn't we wait a few decades... by CustomDesigned · · Score: 1

    to see if they're still together before pronouncing the marriage "successful"?

    1. Re:Shouldn't we wait a few decades... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You'll note that it says "wedding", not "marriage."

  59. Congrats to Yuri by mao+che+minh · · Score: 0

    nt

  60. I saw the sign by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I got a new life you would hardly recognize me
    I'm so glad
    How can a person like me care for you?
    Why do I bother
    When you're not the one for me
    ooh ooh ooh ooh oooh, is enough enough
    I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes
    I saw the sign
    Life is demanding without understanding
    I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes
    I saw the sign
    No one's gonna drag you up
    to get into the light where you belong
    But where do you belong?
    Under the pale moon
    for so many years I wondered who you are
    How can a person like you bring me joy?
    Under the pale moon
    where I see a lot of stars
    ooh ooh ooh ooh oooh, is enough enough
    I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes
    I saw the sign
    Life is demanding without understanding
    I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes
    I saw the sign
    No one's gonna drag you up
    to get into the light where you belong
    But where do you belong?
    I saw the sign and it opened up my mind
    and I am happy now living without you
    I've left you, oh oh oh
    I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes
    I saw the sign
    No one's gonna drag you up
    to get into the light where you belong
    I saw the sign
    I saw the sign
    and it opened up my eyes I saw the sign

  61. I'm confused by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I thought this was /. not 20/20 or a human-interest blurb on the local news.

  62. Been done by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Again, our country's foremost innovators lead the way.

  63. Strange but true by einhverfr · · Score: 1

    So, did he kiss the camera or the television screen when the pastor said "the groom may now kiss the bride"?

    Before the days of telecommunications, such a wedding would be done by proxy. I do not assume that there would be any kissing or anything, but basically one of the people would designate someone else to go through the ceremony on their behalf.

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  64. The National Enquirer... by Alien+Being · · Score: 2, Funny

    had a helicopter hovering above the ISS throughout the ceremony.

    1. Re:The National Enquirer... by stereoroid · · Score: 1

      Nah. Hello pay a lot better, don't they? Jusrt ask Cath-Zeta-Jones & hubby.

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  65. So when will we see... by E-Rock-23 · · Score: 1

    ...the first space divorce?

    /sad but had to be said

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  66. News for Nerds indeed! by HyperColor+Underware · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's a good thing we got this news of a Russian nerd marrying someone 230 miles away, while trapped in a small aluminium box. There's hope for the nerds trapped in their parents basement yet!

  67. Could You Picture by Matt_Fisher · · Score: 1

    GOD! Whats the night of there honeymoon like... Well thanks god for webcams :>S

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  68. Re: Successfull!!?!?? by Dukeofshadows · · Score: 1

    They are rumored to start practicing their skills in docking procedures as soon as he gets back.

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  69. Good thing you haven't found that password... by Dareth · · Score: 1

    ... cause if half of what you said is true... then you must have one hell of a low UID!!!

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    My mother is a halfling and my dad is an ogre, so that makes me an Ogreling
  70. Astronaut ice cream by Ilan+Volow · · Score: 1

    I've always thought that the gift shop at the Smithsonian Museum of Air and Space should sell freeze-dried wedding cake.

    Now they'll have to listen to me!.

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  71. Doubtful. by simetra · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Nah, those astronauts aren't like real people. Most are straight as an arrow - you have to be to be in good enough physical and mental shape to do that. Most are likely married. It's highly unlikely that on any given mission, there would be two willing and able participants. It's not like they recruit crack whores for astronauts. Maybe if a married couple were sent... maybe. I'm sure there's rules against cracking open a six pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon and seducing your fellow astronauts.

    Though, it would be cool if some porn stars volunteered and were accepted on such a mission. Science would benefit, somehow, as would the world of entertainment.

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    1. Re:Doubtful. by el-spectre · · Score: 1

      A few years ago there was a married couple on the shuttle. NASA tastefully deflected all the 'sex in space' inquiries.

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    2. Re:Doubtful. by CausticWindow · · Score: 1

      NASA more or less have confirmed that there have been copulation in space on their missions. Don't remember the name of the program, but it was sent on Discovery.

      And you don't have to be a crack whore to enjoy sex in new places (space for example). That's just your puritan American upbringing talking.

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  72. Re:correct link here. by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 1

    The husband looks frighteningly like spoon-bender Uri Geller.

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  73. Bringing back boy-band boys by efedora · · Score: 1

    I'm sure NASA would have offered him a seat on the next shuttle coming back. Oh well.....

  74. Successful when.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The groom gets down to ground without being spread over the Southern states.

  75. Of course the real question is... by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    How long until someone runs in a California gubernatorial recall election while aboard the International Space Station?

    The list of candidates for this upcoming recall election was finalized yesterday, and people in space are hardly represented at all. There are 155 candidates on the ballot, so you would think that at least a few of them would be in orbit around the earth right now. But not a single one of them is currently in free fall at the moment, and in fact, not a single member of this opportunist whack-pack has ever been in space at all. In fact, the most space experience any of them has involves a starring role in a Hollywood movie set on Earth and Mars.

    Davis, for his part, has never been in space either, and has a consistent record of not hiring spacemen to work for him. In fact, whatever the outcome of the recall election, one thing is certain: the future governor of California will not be running the state from orbit. Is this the kind of future we want for California? Think of the children.

    There may be issues with California state law. In a transparently cynical attempt to keep the spacefaring community out of the California political process, the state may require that the candidate appear in person to sign papers registering for the ballot. The 65 signatures can be collected remotely, and the $3500 transferred by wire, so why should the signature remain as an insurmountable problem? I'm sure reasonable states like Texas allow a person to register for the ballot while in space. Other roadblocks thrown in the path of astronauts seeking to join the recall ballot include a 15-day California residency requirement. Davis supporters argue that this is simply to restrict the election to California residents. But when your orbiting spacecraft has been entering and leaving the borders of the state of California at least once a day for hundreds of days, it becomes pretty hypocritical for someone to insist that you haven't racked up your 15.

    Voters are tired of "politics as usual". It's time for someone with a fresh perspective on the issues in Sacramento. From 240 miles up, moving by at 17000 miles per hour, through a little glass porthole.

  76. The Wedding Night.. by s-orbital · · Score: 1

    Also, imagine spending your wedding night alone with only your best man. At least they have a room with a view!

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  77. Re:correct link here. by spike+it · · Score: 1

    He's wearing a bowtie! Now if that ain't class, I don't know what is. ;)

  78. the honeymoon will have to wait by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    i don't know about that.

    if there's one technology that's really exploded lately, it's live chat videocam sex.

    this might be it's first non-pathetic application.

  79. Malenchenko is a serving Russian military officer by hughk · · Score: 1
    and normally he would not be permitted to marry a foreigner. His bride, Yekatrina Dmitryevna although Russian born, is a US citizen. Luckily things have been sorted due to public pressure. It seems the Russian people told the military not to be stupid.

    The wedding was planned a long time before , and before the shuttle disaster and the disruption to the usual schedule and the extended missions.

    He may not be allowed up again, but hopefully with some skillful publicity (the video rights were sold), he won't need it. He would certainly not be well paid from the military.

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  80. 4th time's lucky - was Re:Not yet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Having the marriage anulled is probably something Yuri will want anyway, as far as I know this is his fourth (or was that third) attempt. If Yuri and Ed only had web access (they don't, only email) they might have answered them selves...

  81. Who says the honeymoon has to wait? by stereoroid · · Score: 1
    Isn't that what teledildo's, etc. are for? (No, I'm not going looking for links!)

    I can see a small problem: the com-link between them might be line of sight, so he'd be dropping over the horizon just as things started getting good... "da... da!... bozhe moi!"

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  82. Slavic last names by DutchSchultz · · Score: 1

    May be it's time to learn how the most of the slavic female last (family) names are composed. Yes, I mean her name is not Dmitriev - it's Dmitrieva. Noticed the 'a' at the end? It designates that the name bearer is a woman. And yes - her brother's (if she has a brother) last name is Dmitriev.

    1. Re:Slavic last names by Zeriel · · Score: 1

      You are incorrect.
      The last name does not change for gender (it does, however, change for grammatical case).

      The PATRONYMIC most Slavs have instead of a middle name does change-- it takes the suffix -ovich (son of) or -ova/-eva (daughter of).

      Go look at some Russian literature. Or for that matter, history--find me one female member of the Romanov dynasty referred to as Romanova.

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  83. I wanna know by Cackmobile · · Score: 1

    Has anybody ever ahd sex in space. I reckon it would be really sweet as. no worrying about whos on top etc. Those russian guys were up there by themselves for a year so masturbation in space must ahve happened.

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  84. The natural conclusion... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...after some rather heated arguments, one partner
    does another 'WorldFirst(TM)' by devorcing the other parther -after- burying them under several feet of concrete.

  85. First!? Bah! by X86Daddy · · Score: 1

    The first successful "Space Wedding" will involve both parties being in space, and having a uniquely low-g honeymoon.

    The cool part is, there's nothing to really prevent this from happening soon, what with space tourism finally having occured, etc...

  86. Porn in space would sell well by mnmn · · Score: 1

    It would earn the Russians more than sending boy bands up there, they know the sales of porn since the 70s during which time they had the monopoly.

    There might be a space race going between them and Americas. A seperate cargo rocket will carry the viagra.

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  87. Anyone else read this as Space Welding Successful by m33p · · Score: 1

    Yup, that's what my brain saw. Not wedding, welding.

  88. For the honeymoon by roman_mir · · Score: 1

    they should just repeat the Apollo 13 theme

  89. Hello. I am an... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...Attention whore!

    Seriously. These space trips are planned way in advance. If he planned the trip to space then planned his wedding to happen while he was in space then that's the definition of an attention whore.

  90. the honeymoon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Can't the honeymoon be accomplished with some sort of carbon-nanotube configuration?

  91. of course they are by twitter · · Score: 1

    The submit button is binding everywhere!

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