[FPSPACE] Tito and Claudie to Alpha ?

[Raoul Lannoy]

>
>Apparently the extra seat on the second Soyuz (November 2001) is taken by a
>French spationaut. And the two swap-Soyuzes in 2002 will be carrying, by
>current plan, full expedition crews, so no extra seats there.

There was a rumor Claudie Andre-Deshayes will soon go to Moscow for a
flight.
Claudie has trained to fly the Soyuz (only woman to do this) like Thomas
Reiter.
She did this when here husband Haignere was aboard Mir.
So, could she be the "spacionaute"in question?
(I still don't like the  word "spationaute" or "spacionaute" and I'm sure
they don't really like it either, themselves-a little too politicized, not
romantic fo a cent:-).

Raoul