tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16150876.post114182839123048765..comments2023-10-14T11:58:11.385-04:00Comments on Ron Schuler's Parlour Tricks: First Man in SpaceRon Schulerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12897764795703441103noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16150876.post-1141980063768085182006-03-10T03:41:00.000-05:002006-03-10T03:41:00.000-05:00A little extra info for you: Not so long ago I wa...A little extra info for you: Not so long ago I was working in Russia and I met the daughter of the man who should have been the first man in space (no names I'm afraid - Russia is still not a free place).<BR/>It was such a dangerous mission - with a very high probablity of failure - that they decided to send an inexperienced, expendable, Rooky on the mission instead of the fully, expensively trained, higher ranking cosmonaught.<BR/>The Rooky got lucky and made history.<BR/>My sister still tells of his entry into the English city of Manchester - and the statue in Moscow set up where he made his entry there is stunning.Alan K.Farrarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930353547190453742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16150876.post-1141921178901938272006-03-09T11:19:00.000-05:002006-03-09T11:19:00.000-05:00Thank yoooooou, Fathead.Thank yoooooou, Fathead.Ron Schulerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12897764795703441103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16150876.post-1141917343473071782006-03-09T10:15:00.000-05:002006-03-09T10:15:00.000-05:00Years later, Billy Preston (the only person other ...Years later, Billy Preston (the only person other than John, Paul, George, Ringo, Stu and Pete ever to be asked to join the band, and for my money, the REAL "fifth Beatle") had a hit with a funky instrumental called "Space Race." This has little to no relationship to today's blog, but it did remind me of this cool piece of music.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com