Flights - Ground Control To Major TIM!

[Arthur Little]

:yeahthat:'s RIGHT! You read it correctly, I DON'T mean "Ground Control to Major Tom" :telephone: - the anti-hero of David Bowie's classic masterpiece - released into the charts to presumably coincide with mankind's first Lunar Landing ... 3 years before our subject's birth.

Tim Peake, born in Chichester, West Sussex in 1972 is a former Major with the RASC. Peake, a fitness enthusiast, graduated from Sandhurst and is an experienced aircraft pilot who has swapped his army role to become the first (and only British) astronaut to take part in manned research missions to the International Space Station which apparently orbits about 250 miles above the Earth.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/12041314/Britains-first-astronaut-Major-Tom-Peake-International-Space-Station.html

Due to blast off on the morning of December 15th - returning approximately six months' later - I guess, by then, he really will've reached his peak! :wink:

[Michael Parnham]

Is he the one who is going to run a marathon in space, or do something similar?:Erm:

[Arthur Little]

Is he the one who is going to run a marathon in space, or do something similar? :Erm:

:xxgrinning--00xx3: Indeed he is, Michael :smile: - the London Marathon -

- :cwm25: ... quite how he intends to mange it while in orbit,
though, is well ... :anerikke: ... beyond my comprehension! :biggrin:

[Michael Parnham]

:xxgrinning--00xx3: Indeed he is, Michael :smile: - the London Marathon -

- :cwm25: ... quite how he intends to mange it while in orbit,
though, is well ... :anerikke: ... beyond my comprehension! :biggrin:

It will be interesting Arthur, also thank you!:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Arthur Little]

December 15th

.............. :yeahthat: date is of special personal significance ... in so far as it's the anniversary of my wedding to my late first wife forty~eight years ago! :cwm24:

[Arthur Little]

:Wave: ... bon voyage! Just thinking ... if he were a Scot, he'd be a "floating" :gost: voter at May's Scottish Elections. :biggrin:

[Arthur Little]

Tim Peake says: "Life in space is 'absolutely spectacular' ... far better than I could've ever imagined!" :biggrin:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35131174

[Longweekend]

Guys, if the space station is only 250 miles above the earth why did it take a rocket that flies at thousands of miles per hour over 7 hours to get there? no, its not a trick question I'm struggling to understand...:anerikke:

[Arthur Little]

Guys, if the space station is only 250 miles above the earth why did it take a rocket that flies at thousands of miles per hour over 7 hours to get there? no, its not a trick question I'm struggling to understand...:anerikke:

... tbh, :icon_rolleyes: ... I'd been wondering the same thing. :gp:!

[Michael Parnham]

... tbh, :icon_rolleyes: ... I'd been wondering the same thing. :gp:!

I think it's because it orbits the Earth first:Erm:

[Longweekend]

Maybe its time for a new satnav...:biggrin:

[Arthur Little]

:bigcry: ... sad to've [since] learnt of the death of David Bowie, the 1969 classic's original lyricist.

RIP

[Arthur Little]

:yeahthat:'s something you might like to watch ...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36423654

... as the intrepid British astronaut prepares to return to base later this month, after completing his 6 months' space probe. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Michael Parnham]

:yeahthat:'s something you might like to watch ...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36423654

... as the intrepid British astronaut prepares to return to base later this month, after completing his 6 months' space probe. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Gripping stuff Arthur, will look forward to that, they live a really exciting life way beyond anything that we would call normal, so lucky really.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Steve.r]

There was a clear night a few days ago, and using an ISS tracker on my tablet we went outside to see him going over our house. I tried that in the Philippines too, but the problem is that normally the route it takes is very low to the horizon and I was not able to spot it.

[stevewool]

Think of all the wonderful pictures he has taken, Amazing

[Michael Parnham]

Think of all the wonderful pictures he has taken, Amazing

Good point:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Arthur Little]

:Hellooo: ... UK astronaut, Tim Peake is now back on terra firma! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36519886 ... Pictures +:ReadIt:

[Michael Parnham]

Very interesting and some great pictures, thank you Arthur.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[stevewool]

To be able to take a picture of where you live is great but to take a picture of the planet where you live , well not many people can do that, i wish i could:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Arthur Little]

Very interesting and some great pictures, thank you Arthur. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Ah, the pleasure's mine, Michael :Jump: ... I'm really glad you've enjoyed reading about this bloke's progress as much as I have.

[Arthur Little]

To be able to take a picture of where you live is great but to take a picture of the planet where you live, well not many people can do that, i wish i could. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Terrific achievement together with superb pictures ... :iagree:!