After a short internal debate where to post this (the sci-fi mag and the Bible threads were strong competitors) I decided to use this thread.
Did you know that Hungary has S-P-A-C-E-? We just can't stop winning, and our country just steps into a new, brighter future underground.
Anyway, we are getting news updates on daily basis that the launch of the spacecraft that brings our astronaut to the ISS is getting delayed again and again for various reasons. So I decided to check it out what's this about because I had only vague notions did not follow - although I did post some about it on this board such as about the training of the Hungarian astronauts on the Gripens of the Hungarian Defense Forces.
I was thinking about writing a comprehensive summary of this when I came across the funniest thing...
So tl;dr: Space-X's Axiom 4 mission is launched soon with the participation of the fake-delay spacegranny, an Indian air force pilot, and a Polish and a Hungarian specialist. They will travel to the ISS run by NASA and Rockocmoc, where they do a series of experiments.
Here's our heroes, top pic is from Hungarian site: https://hunor.gov.hu/ they put some effort into the lighting so our boy can't be mistaken with the Indian dude like on the photo below from Axiom's website: https://www.axiomspace.com/missions/ax4
This site says:
>With a culturally diverse crew
Because that's what's important to tell. This always makes me feel a bit confused tho. They're telling us for a long time now that we are all the same, but apparently we are so different in the same time. They should make up their minds.
Besides how is this diverse? Three Indo-Euros and an Ural-Altaic?
But this is not the funny part. And not the fake-delay on vidrel. But exhibition #3...
Each participants has dedicated page to introduce them they carefully skip spacegranny's date of birth:
https://www.axiomspace.com/astronaut/peggy-whitson
https://www.axiomspace.com/astronaut/shubhanshu-shukla
https://www.axiomspace.com/astronaut/slawosz-uznanski
https://www.axiomspace.com/astronaut/tibor-kapu
I noticed there is the pronunciation of their names in their data sheet. Pronunciation guide for Anglos that is. Found the pajeet's funny, I giggled at Gzegorz ofc, Polish names get everyone, but I lost me shit at our boy. Tibor Kapu is a very simple name, could not be more simple, and what do I see?? Yeah I laffed. Poor Tibi, he might just got to be remembered as the poo astronaut which is also funny considering the competition. At least they did not divided it to syllables with a hyphen like they did with every other names, probably noticing this particular issue.