I think there's even been a Scot...
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Wed 20 May 2009, 16:51,
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news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8058601.stm
However:
The first Briton in space was Sheffield-born chemist Helen Sharman. She had to secure private funding to fly to the Mir space station on a Russian Soyuz craft in 1991.
Three British-born astronauts have flown into space under an American flag: Michael Foale, Piers Sellers and Nicholas Patrick.
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Wed 20 May 2009, 16:54,
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However:
The first Briton in space was Sheffield-born chemist Helen Sharman. She had to secure private funding to fly to the Mir space station on a Russian Soyuz craft in 1991.
Three British-born astronauts have flown into space under an American flag: Michael Foale, Piers Sellers and Nicholas Patrick.
yes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Sharman#Later_career
how the fuck did I remember that. Oh yes IT WAS FUCKING FUNNY!
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Wed 20 May 2009, 17:15,
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how the fuck did I remember that. Oh yes IT WAS FUCKING FUNNY!

