Three astronauts, including two space newbies, were blasted off to the International Space Station last night aboard a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA ‘naut Reid Wiseman, who were on their first trips into space, and Russian cosmonaut Max Suraev were …

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Thursday 29th May 2014 14:49 GMT Anonymous Coward

who cares about the Ukraine?

"what difference does it make?" "It's old news". And it's a Dem at the helm in America and ideologically aligned types in control of most of the world. Since they can't blame this on those evil "no free ride, earn what you want" people, it simply goes away.

So shut up about the Ukraine and Georgia and all that rubbish! There's some idle rich doing hashtag activisim about some girls missing from some country we can't be arsed to actually help, and we don't have the balls to do anything about the Russians because nothing is worth fighting for, man...except weed, and welfare....

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1. Thursday 29th May 2014 18:05 GMT Destroy All Monsters
  
  Re: who cares about the Ukraine?
  
  Pretty sure US/NATO is ready to fight for Ukraine down to the last Ukrainian.
  
  Obama gave his full-on "exceptional superimperialist commander in chief" speech at West Point. You know what's coming.
  
  (Meanwhile people rejoice because April's durable-goods orders are unexpectedly up 1.6% as Uncle Sam buys Nuke Subs for 18 billion on the credit card. The end is near.)
  
  Also, El Reg: "Comrade". A quarter of a century after the Soviet Union imploded? Really, now.
  
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Thursday 29th May 2014 16:05 GMT LoPath

TOP SECRET!

And I thought I was the only one that saw that movie.....

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Thursday 29th May 2014 17:55 GMT F111F

Not Forever

...just until 2017 or so, unless SpaceX, Boeing, or SN get man-rated earlier. AND it would mean setting the record for time in space, bonus!

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