[amsat-bb] Re: Looking forward to a British astronaut

[Roger Kolakowski]

After all...James Bond has "been there done that..."

Roger
WA1KAT

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From: "andy thomas" <andythomasmail at yahoo.co.uk>
To: "amsat" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 3:07 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Looking forward to a British astronaut


> story at:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7244028.stm
>
> Not our first cosmonaut or asronaut for that matter.
>
> Who was it who said that if we Brits had invented the
> Walkman it would have been a polished mahogony box
> with a pair of war surplus headphones from a Lancaster
> bomber?
>
> I look forward to our polished wooden space vehicle
> with glass portholes and a leather Chesterfield.
>
> 73 de andy G0SFJ
>
>
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