From: "John Beamish" 

Yeah ... first in space, first man in space ... probably first to make a
profit from it, too.

"Geo."  wrote in message
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> "Mark"  wrote in message
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> > > Clue: US astronauts having to hitch lifts on Russian vehicles.
> >
> >  Not just astronauts, anyone with the bucks :-)
>
> I'm still laughing that the Russians were the first to practice capitalism
> in space.. We have been outdone again. You just gotta love the irony in
it.
> 
>
> Geo.
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