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Topic: ISS wedding in August (Malenchenko is groom)
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pokey
Member Posts: 314
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted July 17, 2003 02:17 PM
   
The Houston Chronicle has the following story: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/1999203 Neat! All we need is to have Ed Lu do the same! IP: Logged |
pokey
Member Posts: 314
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted August 05, 2003 11:15 AM
Wedding still on for Aug. 10th.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/2028138 IP: Logged |
eurospace
Member Posts: 1743
From: Berlin, Germany
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted August 05, 2003 02:00 PM
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Originally posted by pokey:
Wedding still on for Aug. 10th.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/2028138
Are you sure? I've read other reports that, as a military officer, Malenchenko would need the authoriziation of his superiors, which he had not requested, and that he had promised to his authorities not to proceed with the marriage. ------------------
Jürgen P Esders
Berlin, Germany
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 12300
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted August 05, 2003 02:17 PM
This may be a matter of semantics. Russia chould choose not to acknowledge the ceremony on the 10th as a legal wedding. Instead, they wait until the second ceremony (which was always planned) to be held in Russia after he returns to Earth. All said and done, there would be little that Russia could do to stop Malenchenko. They could remove his flight privileges but after an extended stay on the ISS, there was little hope for another flight anyway. They could decommission him from the Air Force, but his marrying an American may signify his desire to live in the States from this point forward. [This message has been edited by Robert Pearlman (edited August 05, 2003).] IP: Logged |
pokey
Member Posts: 314
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted August 05, 2003 05:08 PM
Latest in Houston paper saying Russian space agency will not stop wedding: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2028138 This part has me thinking Yuri's not coming out too well in the long run on this:
"He wants it, and he will have it -- that's his problem," Gorbunov told The Associated Press. The marriage in absentia was designed for military personnel to be able to marry his (or her) Texas sweetie when on duty on the other side of the earth. Also gets used by prisoners that can't get out of jail to get hitched. Hey, by golly, if it's legal in Texas, that's all that matters! ;-)
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 12300
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted August 05, 2003 07:28 PM
The wedding has a website:
http://www.spacewedding.net/ Also, the ceremony has reportedly been moved to the Gilruth Center at Johnson Space Center:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/750150.asp IP: Logged |
kosmonavtka
Member Posts: 154
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted August 14, 2003 04:38 AM
I hope Yuri doesn't leave for the U.S. Too many people have left Russia already!IP: Logged |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 12300
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted August 14, 2003 09:17 AM
According to this CNN interview, the happy couple will live in Moscow:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/08/13/cnna.cosmonaut.bride/index.html IP: Logged |
kosmonavtka
Member Posts: 154
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted August 14, 2003 05:58 PM
Oh, that's OK, then. :-)IP: Logged |
