Space

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

I stare into space every time I look in your eyes mate; )

A bit like when I say it's your round, it goes in one ear and out of the other because there's nowt to stop it : )

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Didn't Concorde fly on the 'edge of space?....so everyone who flew on one whilst being served dinner and drinks could also be considered an astronaut.

Eight X15 pilots got astronaut wings.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Slight height variance's

Concord = 55-60k feet
Blue Origin 346k feet ( on this flight )
Alan Shepard 612k feet

FYI the Kármán line is considered the boundry of space at 330,000 feet so yep, technically they could be classed as astronaut's.

they were still not a "Crew" though, Crew suggests they did something. they were passengers nothing more.

What did Shepard, or even Glenn, “do”?

 

[grunge]

What did Shepard, or even Glenn, “do”?

Mercury-Redstone 3 - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Piloted a manually controlled pod in space through re entry. Only the 2nd human in space.

Then he went and walked on the moon in later missions.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

There is a lot of sexist shite aimed at these women, a lot of female journos going for them as well, how dare they have make up on and hair extensions, it is the media calling them astronouts not themselves , i wonder if people savaged shatner and other men going up to space for a joy ride

It's not, is it though? The Blue Origin website calls them an 'astronaut crew,' so the media are clearly calling them that on the basis of Blue Origin's press release. And this isn't the first time people have taken the piss out of them for calling their passengers astronauts. The first time I remember was when Bezos himself went up.

 

[idahoblues]

I stare into space every time I look in your eyes mate; )

It’s like looking into a huge love infinity pool

 

[roman totale]

Fair play to them, you'd never get me up in one of those.

You wouldn’t get me up there without one.

 

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

It’s like looking into a huge love infinity pool

You need to see the view from my side : )

 

[Bill Walker]

An unending thread this one

Seemed to go off with a bang, a big one.

 

[Grassland Blue]

Can’t see there’s any future in the Moon becoming the new 3rd world spot.

Russ Abbott once said that he was invited to a party on the moon, but decided not to go as there'd be no atmosphere.....

 

[chris63]

 

[jimharri]

If you were to believe the haters out there, space is like the Empti Etihad. Empty, and no atmosphere.

;-)

 

[calumdown]

Didn't Concorde fly on the 'edge of space?....so everyone who flew on one whilst being served dinner and drinks could also be considered an astronaut.

i was fortunate enough to fly onboard concorde several times in my youth.
just sayin'