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MWEB
June 30th 04, 02:41 PM
Hello, All!

I just learnt that Mike Melville is South African born. That makes the
second South African in space!

Hell I'm proud!

Watch out USA - soon we'll have more astronauts! (Joking)

With best regards, MWEB. E-mail:

Dillon Pyron
June 30th 04, 04:56 PM
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:41:40 +0200, "MWEB" > wrote:

>Hello, All!
>
>I just learnt that Mike Melville is South African born. That makes the
>second South African in space!
>
>Hell I'm proud!
>
>Watch out USA - soon we'll have more astronauts! (Joking)
>
>With best regards, MWEB. E-mail:
>

Ya know, I thought he had a bit of a Southern accent. Just didn't
realize how Southern. :-)

--
dillon

When I was a kid, I thought the angel's name was Hark
and the horse's name was Bob.

Dude
June 30th 04, 09:38 PM
Now that will make you think.


"Tom Duggan" > wrote in message
...
> Too bad none of the media types pointed out that the first man in space on
a
> private launch was African-American!
>
>
> In article >, Dillon Pyron
says...
> >
> >On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:41:40 +0200, "MWEB" > wrote:
> >
> >>Hello, All!
> >>
> >>I just learnt that Mike Melville is South African born. That makes the
> >>second South African in space!
> >>
> >>Hell I'm proud!
> >>
> >>Watch out USA - soon we'll have more astronauts! (Joking)
> >>
> >>With best regards, MWEB. E-mail:
> >>
> >
> >Ya know, I thought he had a bit of a Southern accent. Just didn't
> >realize how Southern. :-)
> >
> >--
> >dillon
> >
> >When I was a kid, I thought the angel's name was Hark
> >and the horse's name was Bob.
>

Badwater Bill
July 1st 04, 07:07 AM
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:41:40 +0200, "MWEB" > wrote:

>Hello, All!
>
>I just learnt that Mike Melville is South African born. That makes the
>second South African in space!
>
>Hell I'm proud!
>
>Watch out USA - soon we'll have more astronauts! (Joking)
>
>With best regards, MWEB. E-mail:
>


Yeah, I heard the same thing. Good for him, no matter where he came
from. Hell, if he were born on Mars, I'd still fly across this planet
to kiss his sacred ass.

I know one thing, I'm gonna be there when Mike goes for the X-prize
unless I'm on some God Damn mission somewhere and can't get away.

BWB

Badwater Bill
July 1st 04, 07:08 AM
On 30 Jun 2004 09:33:06 -0700, Tom Duggan > wrote:

>Too bad none of the media types pointed out that the first man in space on a
>private launch was African-American!

Now, that's a nice point. Good for you. Good thinking.

BWB

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