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Topic: Yui Usachev seminar
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Edward Horsley
Member Posts: 260
From: UK
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 12-17-2002 04:24 AM
   
Hi Guys,
I meet my first "flyer" last night, cosmonaut Yuri Usachev, a veteran of 4 flights.
He was great to listen to and cracked plenty of jokes with the audience.
When asked what was the hardest thing to do in space...........
cut your toes nails...you keep going head over heels.
He signed freely and anything you placed infront of him, anything. He gave a talk with Dr alexander Martynov for 90 minutes on what the Russians done on Mir in preperation for the trip to Mars.
Mir was visited by 137 astro/ cosmo nauts from 13 countries and completed 200,000 experiments. Just thought I'd share my nights visit
and meeting of my first astronaut. cheers............Eddie H |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 12-17-2002 04:52 AM
Thx for sharing Edward ...
Some more interesting meetings are planned by British Interplanetary Society in London ...
Just keep both eyes on; http://www.bis-spaceflight.com/societyC.htm
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spaceman
Member Posts: 1104
From: Walsall, West Midlands, UK
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 12-17-2002 03:52 PM
Nice to here you had a great time I would have loved to have been there too!! He's on tonight at Hull University. Work commitments and distance prevent me from attending. I've contacted the organisers at Hull and sent a an item or two for autographing (fingers crossed courtesy of them and Yury). I'll let you know if I get them. There is word that early 2003 he will be travelling further South - Bedfordshire -fingers crossed again. |
Robonaut
Member Posts: 259
From: Solihull, West Mids, England
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 12-18-2002 09:16 PM
I have not long got home from Bradford. Eddie is right. Mr Usachev is a great guy with a wonderful sense of humour. Very open to talk to and very happy to sign anything put in front of him and there was quite a queue. I was a bit slow off the mark whilst getting my items ready for signing so had a little wait before it was my time. My Who's Who gained another autograph along with two more of my books. I already had a signed photograph of him in my collection and he kindly dedicated it to me. I also got a few items signed for a friend but by now the organisers were looking to move because they were running late. I think they allowed me and a friend a few extra minutes because they were aware we had travelled a considerable [English] distance to be there. I am grateful to them for that extra time because if they had rushed away as soon as time was up I may not have got as much signed as I did. I had a great time. The lecture was very interesting. It covered not only Mir and ISS but the problems and some solutions to making a manned flight to Mars commencing in 2023. Co-lecturer Alexander Martynov said we had the technology to make such a mission happen. This may be true but I wonder if we have the political will to bring it about, I think not. Whoops, sorry, nearly turned serious then. I do 'have a bone to pick' [old English saying - meant as a joke] with Eddie and the other attendees in Sunderland and Hull. They got all the NASA litho's that Mr Usachev had brought with him. There was none left at Bradford! Best wishes from a tired but happy Rob who is about to go to bed for about 4 hours. Rob Wood |
STEVE SMITH
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posted 12-20-2002 09:30 PM
Sounds very interesting. I was lucky enough to attend a similar presentation with Dr Martynov last February 2002 at Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Ks. Sounds like same type of program on Mars; very interesting.
At this program Dr. Martnov was accompanied by Mir Cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov. Although Pavel did not speak English, transalation was good, and Martynov spoke excellent English. Autographs were very easy to get although there were lines. In addition to Russian stamps and books to buy and autograph, they were very good with autographing items you bought. They autogaphed my 1960 Slide Rule, and some 1975 Russian ASTP cigarette packs I had. They were very interested in the slide rule and we exchnaged stories.What impressed me that as a 60 year old, we were certainly enemies as I grew up, and there was fear and distrust. Even though we have different cultures, it was great to mix as people with similar interest. I think we all can realize that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts when we co-operate. That was a great experience. Lets strive to keep brotherhood going one person at a time. | |
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