Comments on: The best news this week

By: Kris, in New England

Kris, in New England — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:26:30 +0000

And she’s SMART SMART SMART. Brains, beauty and confidence – hard combo to argue with.

As for the HIG news it’s just fan-damn-tastic – so why isn’t the MSM trumpeting this? Why do we only find this kind of news in milblogs…shameful.

By: cardoso

cardoso — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:06:05 +0000

She?Ǭ

By: cardoso

cardoso — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:06:05 +0000

She´s beautiful, rich and geeky. I guess I´m in love

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:34:05 +0000

Lex,

Foreign women (with rifles)… (geek) women with blasters… Chick fighter pilots…

and now a gorgeous Muslim (soon-to-be) astronaut.

Once again I thank you for your words.

By: Mike Tyukanov

Mike Tyukanov — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:12:38 +0000

Ansari will not be the first Muslim in space.
Back in 1980s, USSR sent to space cosmonauts from Syria and Afghanistan, in addition to several Soviet cosmonauts who came from Soviet Muslim nations.

Talgat Musabayev, who holds dual Russian-Kazakh citizenship, is a very accomplished cosmonaut, one of those guys who back in 90s kept alive the aging Mir space station, staying on board for unbelievable time span. And he is an observant Muslim, although, of course, he is in no way a fanatic. Kazakhs in general are a nation of very moderate muslims.

Probably Ansari will be the first Shia Muslim in space, but that’s not for sure.

The second news, if true, is very, very good. He is/was an very evil man. He used to burn alive little girls for the sin of going to school back in 80s.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:44:42 +0000

Yeah, quite the lady.ALSO, the X-Prize is actually the Ansari X-Prize….she and her brother bequeathed a substantial sum towards private exploration of space—-way cool.