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U.S. Billionaire Heads to Space Station

Posted by samzenpus on from the now-that's-an-expensive-hotel dept.

TurnAround writes "According to an International Business Times article, a Russian rocket carrying the American billionaire who helped develop Microsoft Word roared into the night skies over Kazakhstan Saturday, sending Charles Simonyi and two cosmonauts soaring into orbit on a two-day journey to the international space station. Climbing on a column of smoke and fire into the clouds over the bleak steppes, the Soyuz TMA-10 capsule lifted off at 11:31 p.m. local time, casting an orange glow over the Baikonur cosmodrome and dozens of officials and well-wishers watching from about a mile away."

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  1. Dupe by Jarwulf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    dupalicious?

  2. Re:ATTN: SWITCHEURS! by parkrrrr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What if you can't spell Claris?

  3. Re:Lets hope... by itlurksbeneath · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If so, somebody please give him an Ubuntu CD...

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