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Topic: Xoterra Space's Fatima Dyczynski, MH17 victim
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onesmallstep Member Posts: 1310 From: Staten Island, New York USA Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 07-23-2014 12:09 PM
Fatima Dyczynski, a 24-year-old aerospace engineer and space enthusiast, was among the 298 victims of Malaysian Air flight MH17 shot down over the Ukraine on July 17, reports the company's website.A German national, she attended the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands, graduating with a degree in astronautical and aerospace engineering. She was part of the team preparing the launch in November 2013 of a series of nanosatellites or 'cubesats' called Delfi-n3Xt aboard a Russian Dnepr-1 rocket from Dombarovsky, a former Russian AF ICBM base now used for launching commercial rockets. She founded a start-up company, Xoterra Space, dedicated to system analytics. According to Dutch and Australian news reports, she was a dedicated enthusiast of space technology, making it more accessible, and hoped to make a trip to Mars as an astronaut one day. She was en route to Perth, Western Australia, to take up a new job as a consultant to IBM. |
Kite Member Posts: 831 From: Northampton UK Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 07-23-2014 01:02 PM
. Tragic |
Apollo14LMP Member Posts: 291 From: UK Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 07-23-2014 02:14 PM
Very sad news - news channels carrying so much bad news at the moment difficult to watch.God bless all those affected by the loss of MH17... |
East-Frisian Member Posts: 586 From: Germany Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 07-23-2014 02:30 PM
RIP all of them. |
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 07-23-2014 02:43 PM
Beyond tragic.. |
GACspaceguy Member Posts: 2476 From: Guyton, GA Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 07-23-2014 06:25 PM
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randy Member Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 07-23-2014 08:57 PM
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brianjbradley Member Posts: 114 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 07-23-2014 09:45 PM
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David Carey Member Posts: 782 From: Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 07-23-2014 11:33 PM
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Lunar rock nut Member Posts: 911 From: Oklahoma city, Oklahoma U.S.A. Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 07-24-2014 05:53 AM
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dom Member Posts: 855 From: Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 07-24-2014 12:17 PM
Tragic that a young woman who saw the best for humanity should be killed by those who only know the evil side of rocketry. RIP. |
space1 Member Posts: 853 From: Danville, Ohio Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 07-24-2014 02:34 PM
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ejectr Member Posts: 1751 From: Killingly, CT Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 07-24-2014 06:43 PM
"How many deaths will it take 'til we know, that too many people have died"..... |
dss65 Member Posts: 1156 From: Sandpoint, ID, USA Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 07-24-2014 10:03 PM
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BA002 Member Posts: 175 From: Utrecht,NL Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 07-26-2014 03:15 PM
There was an item on the Dutch news that her parents have visited the crash site, making them the first relatives to manage to do so.It was a sad sight to see these loving and mourning parents walk past the wreckage. It is very sad that such a promising life was cut so short. |