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Our first Astronaut Major Tim Peake

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tanith Sun 13-Dec-15 17:45:05

I didn't know about the live program Lapwing thank you for that I'll look out for it.

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Lapwing Sun 13-Dec-15 17:42:33

Like you Tanith I am finding this really fascinating and hope all goes well on Tuesday. Brian Cox has a live programme on Tuesday which I intend to watch. I believe that each country contributes to the costs through their space programme. As you say it would be amazing if countries could always cooperate in this way.

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tanith Sun 13-Dec-15 17:28:42

I've been following his progress via the news and watched some of his interviews its renewed my interest in the ISS. He is just so excited by the journey that is to come on Tuesday I hope its a safe one for him and his American and Russian fellow astronauts.
I'm very puzzled though how its possible for so many nations to co-operate with Russia in sending Astronauts to the ISS for months on end and then bring them safely home again and for Russia to allow the use of Soyuz by the space travellers of the World to and from the ISS and all of this carried out without disagreement and bad feeling.
Does each country contribute to the cost? I'm sure it can't all be born by the Russians. If only this marvellous cooperation of Nations could be translated into all other aspects of our human existence.. I wish!

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