Gates to join Simonyi in Space?

gadgetopia writes "On Russian state television, cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin tells journalists in a live video interview from the ISS that "Charles said that Bill Gates is also preparing to visit space"." Gotta wonder what that insurance premium is going to look like.

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fart in a space suit.

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Given Mr. Gate's reputation for hygiene, his fellow cosmonauts would fix him up with duct tape in no time.

The photo also unintentionally captures classic Gates: completely wrecked hair, terrible looking clothes, generally slovenly appearance, and two glazed eyes staring out past thick glasses. This image changed very little over the bulk of Gates' career, with the shower taps running at much less frequency than the money taps. It should also be noted that this isn't some heaping of sour grapes from the gutter staring up at Bill's mountain of success; throughout the time he has been known in public, Bill's dedication to all-nighters and in-the-trenches energy ensured a number of high-profile press conferences and demonstrations where his lack of hygiene became as breathtaking as the product being demonstrated.

Hard work is OK. It's the "go to hell" attitude for the rest of the world that turned out to be a problem. That and a lack of product. No one really wants to be confined with that, so I doubt even the Russians will put Mr. Gates on a rocket.