re: israelian
I hate to sound racist or anything, but I can't help but wonder what the real reason for putting the israelian guy on that mission was. His position was "Payload Specialist". When you think about it, what the hell is a payload specialist supposed to be? I mean it just sounds like a glorified title, like calling a garbage man a "Waste Disposal Engineer" just to make him and everybody else feel better about himself. Was it just diplomatic reasons or something? Like maybe israel said if we put one of their men in space before a pallistinian ever gets in space, they give us oil preference over the UK or something (hypotheticaly speaking of course)? I mean c'mon.