[FPSPACE] Russians dispute 500th Earth space traveler claim

[James Oberg]

Thanks, I need to pay closer attention. 


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Pearlman 
  To: fpspace at friends-partners.org 
  Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 5:19 PM
  Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] Russians dispute 500th Earth space traveler claim


  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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  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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