REAL LIFE NEWS: THE SPACE CLOWNby HazedThe latest space tourist is a clown. Literally! It's the billionaire Guy Laliberte, who founded Cirque du Soleil. He blasted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan earlier this week, on a self-proclaimed mission to bring hilarity to the International Space Station. He is taking with him some vital comedy supplies: nine red clown noses which he hopes the crew will wear. Prior to the launch, he said, "I am going with my sense of humor. Even in serious things you need to leave a place for humor." Of course, we in Fed DataSpace have been bringing humor to the spacelanes for years! I have visions of the rocket he is travelling in starting to fall apart halfway there, with pieces dropping off until he is left sitting in a seat floating freely in space... |