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Old 15th Dec 2015, 12:46
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I think I'd read somewhere a while back that on occasions the couches are indeed switched but can't find a source so that may be total ******s.

I personally think part of the reason there's misunderstanding over who "was" first" is that Helen Sharman fairly quickly disappeared from view after her flight. Whether that was down to the lack of long term funding for the project (Project Juno very nearly didn't happen due to a lack of funding) or her choice I don't know (to be fair Neil Armstrong attracted a fair bit of flack, even from other Astronauts, for doing much the same post Apollo 11).
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