Lroy Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 Looks like Virgin Galactic are going to fly SpaceShipTwo to space for the second time tomorrow. It looks likely that Virgin's chief pilot, Dave Mackay, will be onboard. By my reckoning that will make him the first Scot in space. Some other guy who came to school here in his youth has also been to space, but he doesn't count. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaker71 Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 Just bring me back a mug o royal game soup and a couple o outsiders. Oh and set phasers to malky 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 Montgomery Scott... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaker71 Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 22 minutes ago, CB said: Montgomery Scott... Fictional character from Linlithgow played originally by a Canadian, latterly by an Englishman neither of whom actually went into space during the course of their term as the character. we could claim Neil Armstrong under the great great grandfather rule so often used by Jack Charlton when he was the eire manager 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lroy Posted February 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 Confirmed that Dave will be flying. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lroy Posted February 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 Scrub: Weather has cancelled for today. Try again another day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lroy Posted February 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 Success! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fankle Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 Damn always wanted it to be me Although I gave up on the dream about 40 years ago right enough. I think 8 of the 12 men who walked on the moon had Scottish ancestry. Pretty obvious when you read most of their names. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fankle Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 On Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 7:46 PM, CB said: Montgomery Scott... Won't be born for another 203 years... https://sto.gamepedia.com/Montgomery_Scott 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangodog Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Lroy said: Success! Sure that's no groundskeeper Willie ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 56 minutes ago, Fankle said: Won't be born for another 203 years... https://sto.gamepedia.com/Montgomery_Scott Travelled back to the 80s to pick up some hump backed whales... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAG Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 He's still no THE Dave Mackay.. Although, if that's your name: DM (Astronaut) is probably a decent 2nd place on Wikipedia. I think he looks a bit like an intergalactic SC lookalike - so good luck to him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 4 hours ago, Lroy said: Success! Am not impressed... having an "astronaut" is a good marketing point for Virgin Galactic but come on, going up 'n' down isn't exactly exploring the reaches of outer space! They've not even crossed the Kármán Line yet! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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