[FPSPACE] Shuttleworth speaks about spaceflight / training

[spaceflightnews at gmail.com]

Traveling into space was my answer to the question "What's the one thing you
want to do before you die?"

I went to Russia and lived there for a year to train for the travel. It is
an extraordinary place. Very different culturally and socioeconomically.
Their language is excellent-I would call it a mixture of testosterone and
ballet.

The first thing that I did there is cosmonaut medical testing-which
everybody hated. I figured that, if I did this, everybody would take me
seriously. Granted, after 2-3 weeks of spending my time in there, I
questioned my decision [laughs.] But it was worth it.

The training consisted of many things. I remembered getting into a parabolic
flight and was asking "where is the spare parachute?" when they answered
"here in Russia, we don't.....

 

 

 

 

Full article here:

 

http://linkenfuego.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/legion-of-talk-%E2%80%93-mark-sh
uttleworth-on-ubuntu-space-travel-an-event-review/

 

 

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