favourite astronaut

[Abitrary]

Mine is Michael Collins the bloke who stayed on board the lunar orbiter module on the first moon trip instead of grabbing all the glory.

The spare astronaut performs the same vital duty as the spare driver on british rail trains who takes over if the first one dies of drugs.

My second favourite astronaut is the one who saw the aliens on a later mission, but when pressed, said 'oh, nothing... it was probably just something in my eye'. Modesty is important on space missions.

 

[shimano]

James Brolin gets my vote.

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Sorry I don't know my favourite, I've never eaten one.

 

[Melvil]

Not my favourite but certainly the most entertaining:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Nowak

One word: Nappies!

 

[Renard]

Mine is Laika the cosmonaut and first creature in space.

 

[Abitrary]

Not my favourite but certainly the most entertaining:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Nowak

One word: Nappies!

I love all those cutesy american jock type women who end up getting sent mad by the capitalist drive to put mcdonalds on the moon.

 

[Rob S]

That's easy...John Young, he's walked on the moon and flew Columbia on it's first mission.

 

[Mr Pig]

When I was at primary school a friend of mine met James Irwin when he visited the astronomy club at Airdrie Library. The library has an observatory on the roof. He got me his autograph, but I lost it years ago.

 

[Abitrary]

When I was at primary school a friend of mine met James Irwin when he visited the astronomy club at Airdrie Library. The library has an observatory on the roof. He got me his autograph, but I lost it years ago.

Was he the one who saw the alien craft? I bet he was like scotty off star trek when he sees an alien and looks at his whiskey bottle and says to himself in a scottish brogue 'never again laddie'.

 

[Maz]

I once saw a spaceman...so I parked in it, man.

 

[marinyork]

Vyacheslav Zudov from Soyuz 23 which has a somewhat crazy tale about it.

 

[Chuffy]

Abitrary!
Oh, I thought you said space cadet....

 

[Dayvo]

Lance Armstrong.

I once had three astronauts (red, green and blue; free with packets of Cornflakes) when I were lad; I like the blue one best!

 

[ufkacbln]

Buzz Lightyear.

No - I will not lower myself to the dire and sexist level.......

Ok I will lower myself

The one who said - "Its alright - let the woman drive if she wants to"

 

[John the Monkey]

Arbitrary, have you read "Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth"?