Astronaut to Run the Boston Marathon From Space 176
BostonBehindTheScenes writes "American astronaut Sunita Williams will run 26.2 miles on a treadmill on Patriot's Day (April 16th for those of you outside of Massachusetts) while runners on the ground will compete in the 111th Boston Marathon, according to this New Scientist article.
And yes, she is an actual registered participant who qualified by finishing among the top 100 women in the Houston Marathon in 2006. NASA's press release touts this as yet another space first."
Pork. (Score:5, Funny)
MOM! (Score:5, Funny)
Sunie, Cut it out. Don't antaonize your sister.
But, I gotta win the maaarathonn.
Well, do it quietly, dear. Your sister has experiments to conduct.
That place is gonna smell... (Score:4, Funny)
Tell us what we REALLY want to know! (Score:5, Funny)
Do I hear a rumbling at Arlington Cemetery? (Score:3, Funny)
Can you imagine if JFK was president now? "We choose to run on the space treadmill and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are publicity stunts!".
What next? Unix hacker to run the marathan from .. (Score:5, Funny)
Taking part in the marathon (Score:2, Funny)
think of the aliens! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Tell us what we REALLY want to know! (Score:3, Funny)
Of course, how else do you think she's going to last several hours without going to the bathroom?
Have you never driven a long trip with a women in your car? *sigh*
Re:Treadmill vs road (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Is this really fair? (Score:4, Funny)
In other news... (Score:2, Funny)
And elsewhere... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Patriot Day? (Score:5, Funny)
I'm a patriot, and I can name it. It was the war of the treasonous, ungrateful colonists ;-)
Re:Pork. (Score:5, Funny)
Speaking as an American, I'm perfectly happy to let the Europeans pay my taxes. *duck*
Re:Treadmill vs road (Score:3, Funny)
I dare you to run on a real road in Zero G. I bet you cant make it past the first step!
She'll finish first, though (Score:5, Funny)
How many steps does it take to complete a marathon from low earth orbit? A one
Gona be a short (~5 sec) race... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What next? Unix hacker to run the marathan from (Score:3, Funny)
Running marathon on my couch (Score:4, Funny)