[FPSPACE] Afanasyev and Kuzhelnaya Question

[Robert Pearlman]

on 12/29/00 11:20 AM, JamesOberg@aol.com at JamesOberg@aol.com wrote:

> So far we only have a statement on gazeta.ru attributed to Rosaviakosmos
> sources that Tito will be on the next Soyuz to ISS, with the crew he had been
> training with for the Mir mission. Since Musabayev and Baturin speak pretty
> good English, and apparently Afanasyev and Kuzhelnaya don't, Tito's presence
> may have been the primary motivation.

"If my Russian was great, they wouldn't have changed the crew."

-- Dennis Tito in an interview with SPACE.com published today at:
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/tito_update_001229.html