Space tourist docks with ISS

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Is that... #

Posted Tuesday 14th October 2008 12:40 GMT

Richard "Lord British" Garriott?

If so, look out for Ultima XII - Space Avatar hitting the shelves soon (actually, didn't he do a MMO First person shooter?)

D@v3

what happens next? #

Posted Tuesday 14th October 2008 12:40 GMT

If "The final three ISS jaunts are scheduled for 11 February 2010" then whats gonna happen to the poor sould left up there after the final mission, are they just goin to be left to rot?

Or is it more the case that the staion itself is going to be finished, and any further 'jaunts' are going to be simple for the deposit or collections of tourists and astronuts, instead of delivering equipment.

Anonymous Coward

Jaunty excursions #

Posted Tuesday 14th October 2008 12:59 GMT

"The final three" refers to Shuttle flights currently in the pipeline. Soyuz will be ferrying personnel and the ESA space taxi will be shifting goods up and down the well to cover the gap between Shuttle and Ares (I think that's the name). All the heavy lifting will have been done, is the plan.

Thomas

Tabula Rasa #

Posted Tuesday 14th October 2008 13:30 GMT

Yeah, he did do an MMO - quite a reasonable one actually.

I, for one, welcome our Bane overlords and hope they don't annihilate RG's shuttle in hail of plasma death.

TeeCee

Obviously. #

Posted Tuesday 14th October 2008 13:44 GMT

".......due to deliver extra equipment for the ISS's crew expansion."

That'll be the pizzas then. One important thing that's eluded mankind to date in our quest for space is an orbit-capable 2-stroke moped with "L" plates and a missing indicator*, so Dominos don't deliver up there.

* Well, either that or it's down to the ISS not having a Post Code.

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