Well, it seems Lord British finally made it to space (without blowing up on a Russian-made rocket). Dear old dad was on hand to view the spectacle though since he was still on Terra Firma, he couldn’t exactly do what he probably wanted to do: pop out of the International Space Station hatch when they docked and say “What the Hell took you so long?”
The NY Times decided it was worthy of a poke at NASA which is honestly a long time overdue. NASA threw away a great opportunity to make some serious coin by not being proactive and figuring out a way to get tourists up. Fucking idiots. I guess when you try to get engineers to run a business you just end up getting tin cans with leaks.
I wish Mr. Garriott an enjoyable 10 days (9 now) in the cramped confines of the ISS with nice doses of cosmic rays penetrating the hull. 
I’m sure the view is great when you wait for that opening in the debris field.
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