Postponement of Flight Plans, Sarah Brightman
“Sarah Brightman announced today that she is postponing her plans to launch aboard the upcoming Soyuz TMA-18M spaceflight mission. Ms. Brightman said that for personal family reasons her intentions have had to change and she is postponing her cosmonaut training and flight plans at this time. She would like to express her extreme gratitude to Roscosmos, Energia, GCTC (Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center), Star City, NASA and all the cosmonauts and astronauts, for their support during this exciting time in her life.”

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6 replies on “Sarah Brightman Postpones Space Vacation”

  1. I guess her family is freaking out and put pressure and guilt on her to not go through with the flight after the latest Soyuz mission crashed back to earth in a blaze of fire…

    1. My guess as well, but I wasn’t sure how to word this so it didn’t sound like I was slamming the Russians. There will always be a certain amount of risk in manned spaceflight, but the level of risk which is acceptable definitely varies.

  2. I wonder if that has anything to do with a soyuz rocket and a soyuz spacecraft variant spinning out of control for a few weeks and then burning up?

    Or maybe the fact that the Russians are delaying both the return from the ISS on a soyuz and the launch of a new crew on a soyuz?

    Just like after the VG crash celebrities may be learning these are not thrill toys.

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    1. Yes, that must be it. Her explanation that there is a family matter to which she needs to attend must be a lie. Yeah, that must be it.

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