Microsoft's Charles Simonyi to be 1st Nerd in Space

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday October 26, 2006 @03:51PM from the flying-high dept.

Richard L. James writes "The BBC are reporting that Hungarian-born Charles Simonyi, a 58-year old Microsoft billionaire software engineer is set to become the first 'nerd in space' on board the Soyuz TMA-10 when the spacecraft launches on Thursday 09th March 2007. Charles oversaw the development of Multiplan, Word, and Excel among many other achievements. He has launched a website detailing the 3 goals he wishes to achieve on the trip: advance civilian spaceflight, assist space station research, and involve kids in space sciences. Jó szerencse pölö Charles!"

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Re:1st Nerd?!?! What a crock! by retrosteve · 2006-10-26 21:26 · Score: 0, Troll

How about "First Nerd with Microsoft PR machine behind him"?

It worked for
"First window-based OS with Microsoft PR machine behind it"

"First browser with Microsoft PR machine behind it"

"First tabbed browser with Microsoft PR machine behind it"

etc....