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Old 23-07-2021, 11:08 PM
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"Despite flying to the edge of space, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos does not qualify for his astronaut wings, after the US Federal Aviation Authority tightened its rules.

Bezos and the crew of Blue Origin took off from their base at Van Horn, Texas, at 9.12am EST on Tuesday, the 52nd anniversary of the moon landing.

They ascended for four minutes before the fully autonomous New Shepard rocket booster separated, leaving them floating in zero gravity for four minutes.

It is the autonomous portion of the spaceflight that will see Bezos, his brother Mark, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen miss out on their FAA-approved wings.

In order to qualify, they have to make a contribution to the flight and to human space flight safety while travelling beyond the 50 miles mark defined as space by the FAA. "
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Old 24-07-2021, 05:03 AM
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They probably did those things but too humble to say so
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Old 24-07-2021, 07:57 AM
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They did throw MnMs in each other's mouth in zero G. Does that count?
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When you are at the top of the pyrimid everything you do counts as it is just so much more important than anything anyone else is doing
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Old 24-07-2021, 08:17 AM
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Technically ... it was Skittles. The Candy choice of Astronauts on the ISS. Space Food Sticks would have been too cliche.

Could have been more amusing if one of the passengers did a Homer
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Technically ... it was Skittles. The Candy choice of Astronauts on the ISS.
Space Food Sticks would have been too cliche.
Here in the IIS control room we still throw IISapce Food Sticks at eachother ....
It's not so much a cliche for us but rather a double entendre.


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Old 24-07-2021, 09:42 AM
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Here in the IIS control room we still throw IISapce Food Sticks at eachother ....
It's not so much a cliche for us but rather a double entendre.



Geez... this thread is turning into a Statler and Waldorf skit again....
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