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Topic: Soyuz TMA-13 to be renumbered TMA-14?
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-14-2008 05:22 PM
   
AFP: Scrap unlucky 13th mission: Russian space chief The next Russian spacecraft should be renamed to avoid the traditionally unlucky number 13, believes the head of Russia's space agency."In Russia, many people have superstitious beliefs -- black cats, Mondays, the number 13. That's why I think that it is a good idea to change the number of the next space ship," said Anatoly Perminov, head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos, according to his press secretary Alexander Vorobyov on Monday. |
jasonelam
Member Posts: 691
From: Monticello, KY USA
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 04-14-2008 08:28 PM
Thats kind of interesting considering that Soyuz T-13 rescued Salyut 7 from a dead state, and Soyuz's 13 and TM-13 were successful.With the movie "White Star of the Desert", I have heard the superstition that one time a crew walked out halfway through the movie and their mission was aborted halfway through. Was Soyuz 11 the reason for this superstition? | |
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