▲ 242 ▼ Toyohiro Akiyama deserved better (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 months ago by Grumpus_Maximus to c/historymemes@piefed.social 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 8 points 3 months ago (6 children) Why was he chosen? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] stoy@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 months ago (3 children) He was the backup, the primary reporter was a young woman, but she had a medical emergency shortly before launch. If you want to know more, Failure To Launch podcast has an excellent episode on this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] The_v@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago Ryoko Kikuchi had appendicitis a week before launch. She did eventually make it into space however. http://www.astronautix.com/k/kikuchi.html permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaaake@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago Genuinely thought you were trying to troll us into watching a Matthew McConaughey movie. permalink fedilink source parent [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 point 3 months ago Thank you, but that still doesn't explain why he was even considered. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) It was a publicity stunt by his employer, a news network, to pay for a Japanese person to go to Mir. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago Aaah... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 months ago (3 children) He was the backup, the primary reporter was a young woman, but she had a medical emergency shortly before launch. If you want to know more, Failure To Launch podcast has an excellent episode on this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] The_v@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago Ryoko Kikuchi had appendicitis a week before launch. She did eventually make it into space however. http://www.astronautix.com/k/kikuchi.html permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaaake@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago Genuinely thought you were trying to troll us into watching a Matthew McConaughey movie. permalink fedilink source parent [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 point 3 months ago Thank you, but that still doesn't explain why he was even considered. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] The_v@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago Ryoko Kikuchi had appendicitis a week before launch. She did eventually make it into space however. http://www.astronautix.com/k/kikuchi.html permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaaake@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago Genuinely thought you were trying to troll us into watching a Matthew McConaughey movie. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 point 3 months ago Thank you, but that still doesn't explain why he was even considered. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) It was a publicity stunt by his employer, a news network, to pay for a Japanese person to go to Mir. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago Aaah... permalink fedilink source parent
