Brain Potter
He still is not the first Briton in space...
We can jazz it up however we like. That was Helen Sharman and no-one can take that away from her. Tim Peake is at best 'runner up' and if we include the others he wouldn't even make the podium...
...it's still a great achievement, but I think to constantly ignore Ms Sharman's achievement is poor form. Not forgetting she beat a Royal Navy physician, an Army Air Corps pilot and a University Lecturer in the final selection process. It was something she was selected for from over 13,000 applicants - probably similar to Tim Peake's selection process to get to where he is on the verge of doing. If the Army Air Corps pilot (who sadly died last year) had gone into space in 1991 I suspect we would not be making such a 'song and dance' about tomorrow's launch, which, really should be a bit of a non-event. I wonder who is pushing it so hard? The BBC seem obsessed!
LJ