Good luck Tim Peake!

[Tricky_Trev]

Anyone watch his successful launch this morning? Absolutely buzzing for him, the live pictures were amazing. Britain's first official astronaut on the International Space Station just after 5pm today when he docks. Good luck Tim!!

 

[bluemoon98]

good luck Tim!

I looked for a thread earlier and was surprised there wasnt one. Especially with all the space fanatics we have on here ;-)

 

[buzzer1]

good luck Tim!

I looked for a thread earlier and was surprised there wasnt one. Especially with all the space fanatics we have on here ;-)

What a trip for the bloke mate...words cant describe how he must have been feeling as the time got closer to go. Just wow and good luck Tim.

 

[laserblue]

They say he'll be conducting experiments while he's in space. No doubt the first one will be to take a dump in a space suit while upside down in zero gravity.

Seriously though, good on him and I wish him well.

 

[TCIB]

Yeah i saw it, nearly missed it after watching the live chan for 2 hours. He managed a smile, wave and thumbs up, fair play i would be to busy keeping my arse in.
The thrust pattern and jet rings looked cool as fuck.

 

[kas_tippler]

Good luck Twin Peaks

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Good luck Twin Peaks

was just going to say didn't he kill Laura Palmer?

 

[Tricky_Trev]

What gets me is that the ISS is only 240 miles above the surface of the Earth. Manchester to London is not much shorter! In a completely different direction mind, but still... I find it a bizarre fact!

 

[johnny on the spot]

Great story and hopefully a positive example to kids everywhere.

All funded by the taxpayer though. I thought Gideon said we were skint?

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Hopefully he has the opportunity to do a space walk. Got to be the dream of every astronaut! Imagine being outside of the space station, in a vacuum, looking down on earth. I can't process how overwhelming that must be.

 

[City_Sean]

Hopefully he has the opportunity to do a space walk. Got to be the dream of every astronaut! Imagine being outside of the space station, in a vacuum, looking down on earth. I can't process how overwhelming that must be.

I'd be absolutely terrified. In some respects coming back to earth after that would almost be surreal.

 

[TCIB]

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Normally they would dock with an automated process. Computers would do everything. But for whatever reason, they have had to switch to a manual procedure. Obviously, the astronauts have meticulously prepared and trained to do that, so it's all fine. It's amazing really. Two objects travelling around the planet at 5km per SECOND, trying to align with each other to millimetres of precision... manually! Science is awesome.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Contact made :)

 

[East Level 2]

Helen Sharman? First British astronaut.
Still chuffed for Peake as he's helped raise the profile. There have been loads of flights to the ISS but most ignored by the media who consider brain-dead, vacuous morons to be more worthy of celebrity status.

 

[kas_tippler]

Helen Sharman first did this gig 24 years ago, nothing to see here.

 

[stonerblue]

great stuff.

 

[stonerblue]

not another fuckin ISSISiSII acronym? No wonder people get confused..

 

[RadcliffeRick]

The shots from the capsule during the launch were interesting, one guy using a walking stick as a remote control, one guy doing a crossword in the newspaper and one guy constantly waving at the camera.,

 

[remember arthur mann]

Working hand in hand with the Commies, what next, doing a deal with the Chinese !!!