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SpaceX has completed its sixth supply run to the International Space Station: the Dragon capsule, loaded up with cargo and launched on Tuesday, has finally arrived at the orbiting science lab. The space station's Canadian-built robot arm captured the capsule at 0655 ET (1155 UTC) after SpaceX engineers guided it in a slow but …

  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Trash?

    i don't want to be picky but why is a British writer using the word Trash?!

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Trash?

      According to dictionary.com:

      "Origin of trash:

      1325-75; Middle English trasches (plural), apparently cognate with Norwegian trask rubbish; akin to Old English trus brushwood, Old Norse tros rubbish"

      So the writer is simply using the old-English word...

    2. Tom Maddox Silver badge
      Headmaster

      Re: Trash?

      "i (sic) don't want to be picky"

      You have failed.

    3. John H Woods Silver badge

      Re: Trash?

      Many "American" words (fall, faucet), the -ize ending, and the weird date format are originally English exports that they kept. Trash is one of these words.

      "Gentlemen all, I do suspect this trash

      To be a party in this injury."

      -- Iago, Othello, Act 5 Scene 1, W. Shakespeare

      1. John Brown (no body) Silver badge

        Re: Trash?

        "Many "American" words (fall, faucet), the -ize ending, and the weird date format are originally English exports that they kept. Trash is one of these words."

        Yes, the USA can be so very quaint :-)

  2. Unicornpiss
    Coat

    Next upgrade...

    With all that coffee, the next upgrade will be to the station's toilet I expect...

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    2. PNGuinn
      Coat

      Re: Next upgrade...

      I somehow feel that the title should have read "One small p**s for man, one expresso..."

      OK I'm going...

  3. Chris Gray 1
    Facepalm

    Re: Next upgrade...

    > With all that coffee, the next upgrade will be to the station's toilet I expect...

    Hopefully not the one that Howard Wolowitz designed...

  4. artificial bitterness

    No cappucino of course

    ... because in space no-one can heat your cream.

    1. diodesign (Written by Reg staff) Silver badge

      Re: No cappucino of course

      That's a hell of a first post, artificial bitterness. Welcome aboard!

      C.

    2. imanidiot Silver badge

      Re: No cappucino of course

      That definitely deserves an upvote

  5. choleric
    Coat

    Inspirational

    Lavazza* will be watching developments closely. The concept of getting customers hooked on coffee delivered by capsule for vast sums of money could be quite lucrative.

    * other sources of coffee are available.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Inspirational

      Order from Amazon and it'll be delivered by drone within 30 minutes for as little as $1 ...

  6. gregthecanuck
    Alien

    It is inevitable...

    When will we see the first Starbuck's drive-through in spaaaaaaaace..... ?

    1. Pookietoo

      Re: It is inevitable...

      . First you have to build some mom & pop stores for them to put out of business.

  7. cortland

    Hmm

    The missing stroke on the left side of the A in SPACEX makes it look vaguely... Russian.

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