[FPSPACE] Russians dispute 500th Earth space traveler claim

[Robert Pearlman]

Roscosmos is referring to the 500th person in orbit, not space.

They are not counting X-15 pilot Joseph Walker's and SpaceShipOne  
pilots Mike Melvill and Brian Binnie's suborbital flights above 62  
miles (100 kilometers).

As it stands now, the 500th person in orbit will be on STS-128 and  
will either be Kevin Ford, Jose Hernandez or Nicole Stott.  (Ford will  
be on the flight deck for launch, while Hernandez and Stott are on the  
middeck).

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Robert Pearlman, Editor
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On Aug 6, 2009, at 4:51 PM, James Oberg wrote:

> Apparently there's a Russian claim, citing RKA,
> that if the next shuttle mission is delayed, Surayev on
> the next Soyuz will be the 500th world space traveler.
>
> I thought we'd already had the roadmark.
>
> What did we count, that the Russians don't?
>
> Jim
>
> Россия претендует на еще один  
> "космический рекорд"
> http://www.personalmoney.ru/pnwsinf.asp?id=1244675
>

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