Pierre NEIRINCK wrote: > "Dear Pierre, > At 0801 this morning I watched live TV coverage of the Russian launch to the International Space station of "Space Tourist" > and videogame developer Richard Garriott. He paid $35m for the ride. Richard is the son of Owen K Garriott. > Is this the first case of a father and son both astronauts? > Do you remember OKG? He was a scientist, who visited Ditton Park for a time and made many friends there. > That was before he became an astronaut (SkyLab). He used to join in the cricket at lunchtimes and had > "a good eye for a ball" but I don't think he played table tennis! " > Cheers, Paul. 12 Oct 08. > Paul Dickinson refers to Ditton Park,ex Radio & Space Research Station where was the Satellite Orbits Group. > Yes, I remember Owen at R.S.R.S. in the early sixties. I played cricket with him (and many others) at lunch time. I caught him out on several occasions as a wicket-keeper. Well, he would hold the bat behind his head when awaiting the ball, in baseball fashion! regards, Russell ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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