Watch the moment the Olympic Torch was handed over IN SPACE during relay for Sochi Winter Games

[bananas]

Source: Mirror

Russian astronauts performed the handover during a live broadcast as part of the build up to the Russian Games

This was the incredible moment Russian astronauts handed over the Olympic Torch - 260 miles above Earth.

Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy performed the handover during a five-hour spacewalk on the International Space Station as part of the relay for the Sochi Winter Games in Russia in 2014.

The space flight was the latest leg in what will be the longest torch relay before a Winter Olympics, which President Vladimir Putin hopes will boost Russia’s image and show what it can achieve more than two decades after the Soviet Union collapsed.

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[Rebellious Republican]

1. Awesome, This was the first time it was taken out of the space station....

I love the Olympics, the last of some what commercialized sports. Trials for the USA start on NBC SN Nov. 15 th. and run through Jan. 2014. I think Russia has tempered its bias against the GLBT community, lets hope!


PS. Love the new smileys!

[Rebellious Republican]

2. Did I get I that right "GLBT" , no I didn't.....

LGBT I think, hey I love my friends, no matter how I say it.

RR

[Fearless]

17. Generally interchangeable

Although LGBT has been more prevalent as time goes on in my experience.

[William769]

21. Keep reading down thread.

It should come apparent whats going on here.

[Fearless]

35. That escalated quickly.

[awoke_in_2003]

72. And what is painfully apparent...

First asking it Johnny was a he or she, then referring to him as "it". Both juries voted to keep the posts. Unreal.

[jberryhill]

20. In what way has Russia "tempered its bias"

Why do you think it has? I mean, what facts lead you to believe such a thing?

[Rebellious Republican]

22. In the way that the MSM has focused on them.

[Le Taz Hot]

68. NBC again?

Arrrgghhh! The last ones WERE THE WORST! I would like to think they'd respond to the OVERWHELMING criticism from the last time they (didn't really) cover the Olympics. Plus, no livesteam? Seriously?

[mahannah]

3. What a colossal waste of money, time and resources.

[Rebellious Republican]

8. Why?

[mahannah]

11. What does this photo-op accomplish?

[Rebellious Republican]

12. You tell me? Since you have answered a question with a question.

[Uncle Joe]

19. Perhaps in some small implicit manner it helps to restate this point to a world

that needs to remember.

On a thread by Playinghardball.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024007324

Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us.....

[Gore1FL]

64. I am a huge Sagan fan

This strikes me more like Apollo-Soyuz than Voyager 1, however. It's a huge expenditure of time and resource for a feel-good exercise instead of doing real science and exploration. To me, this sabotages the space program by making it a PR unit (at least in perception) rather than the cutting edge efforts to understand the universe around us.

[Gore1FL]

63. $10,000 per pound to put something into space.

There is also the cost of capacity of the supply ship. Something else might have come instead.

All of this to pass an unlit torch in a vacuum. I have to agree with mahannah.

[William769]

4. BOYCOTT SOCHI WINTER GAMES!

[Rebellious Republican]

5. why?

I don't know, I am not gay, how about an accomplished gay man.....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023441765

[William769]

6. Does he speak for all of us?

Maybe it's because he has a pretty sweet gig and is going to make a profit from it. I'll stand with the down trodden over the profiteers any day.

[Rebellious Republican]

7. Was that a he or a she?

I am with you my friend. I stand with you!

[William769]

9. He.

[Rebellious Republican]

10. Glad you could tell, I am an old man!

[Rebellious Republican]

23. Well IT spoke!

I could compare photos of, god forbid females that look more like men than men do, and I could post photos of men that look more like women than females do. Should I use it, will that make everyone happy, before you flame me, you may want to do a little research first. Sorry I got your dander up, or anything else for that matter.

[steve2470]

24. You are really offending the LGBT community here, whether you intend to or not

Clue, meet RR.

[winter is coming]

25. It's not just the LGBT community who find that shit offensive.

[steve2470]

28. yes, correct, I do also as a straight male nt

[Rebellious Republican]

29. Do a little research on DU folks, my name is Rebellious Republican, its real easy.

Or are you guys just reactionary?

[awoke_in_2003]

71. You asked if a well known gay man...

was a man or a woman. Us guys don't have a problem- you do.

[idwiyo]

58. I am sraight and I am offended too. Fuck that shit.

[awoke_in_2003]

70. RR is offending us straight folks, too. nt

[cyberswede]

30. What's the matter with you?

"It?" Really?!?

[Rebellious Republican]

32. My apologies, I have been accused of not knowing the differance...

between he or she. Figured "It" was the choice many were looking for. Before you flame you want to do a little research on RR. However, that would require a little work. Most can not read beyond a few simple sentences.

[cyberswede]

33. What do you mean?

Do a little research on you? What exactly should I look for? And what on earth could justify calling a human being "it?"

The "choice" people are looking for is for you to refer to this person as "he." Get it?

[Rebellious Republican]

36. Try looking up Rebellious republican in the the search engine on DU?

to much to grasp?

[hrmjustin]

38. Why don't you just tell us.

[winter is coming]

39. The article you linked to above repeatedly referred to Weir as "he". Too much to grasp? n/t

[cyberswede]

41. What am I looking for?

I don't think I want to wade through your 5000 posts...

[Rebellious Republican]

44. Truth!

You do not have to wade through my 5000 posts. You answered your own question. I have been around since the beginning, never been tomb stoned. I make some occasional statements that seem to get some people up in flames. However I have been around for a very long time. Maybe I make some think about what they say?

[cyberswede]

46. Your being a long-time member makes it ok to refer to a human being as "it?"

I don't understand what your goal is here.

[Rebellious Republican]

48. No, it makes people think before they attack!

[cyberswede]

50. You're wrong to refer to a human being as "it," and it doesn't matter how long you've been here.

The duration of your membership here is irrelevant.

[Rebellious Republican]

53. Here is what I would recomend....

put me on your ignore list. God forbid you hear a dissenting point of view.

[cyberswede]

54. What point of view is that?

Do you think it's acceptable to call a human being "it?"

[Tien1985]

65. +100

I don't know what's so hard to understand about "don't call a person an it, even if your are unsure of their gender".

[winter is coming]

49. So, you've been here over a decade, but have remained curiously ignorant of DU mores

with respect to gender identity issues. I'm suitably impressed.

[Rebellious Republican]

55. Yep, another one that lacks the initiative to do anything beyond a ....

oh well, I give up......

[hrmjustin]

31. IT! Are you kidding me? How would you like to be called an it?

[Rebellious Republican]

34. I am an it! do some research on me, my name is Rebellious Republican!

Or do you not know how to research someone on dU?

[hrmjustin]

37. I am well aware how to do it.

[Rebellious Republican]

40. Great than do it before you go off!

[hrmjustin]

43. You mean advanced search? I am not going through all your posts forget it.

Will your secret come up in a google search?

[Rebellious Republican]

45. Your call!

[hrmjustin]

47. I think I will judge you by these posts. Why did you call him an it?

[Rebellious Republican]

51. Simply because I was being questioned, and was getting frustrated by these attacks without ....

anyone doing any research on me. Kinda like sharks circling for the attack. Feed away, been around awhile, wil be for a lot longer. Enjoy the feeding frenzy without any meat.

[hrmjustin]

52. Why did you call him an it?

[idwiyo]

57. WTF? This post should be deleted and your arse kicked off here.

[Rebellious Republican]

59. Have you heard of the the Alert button?

[idwiyo]

62. You are a homophobic bigot, pure and simple. Hopefully admin will kick your arse out of DU.

[Bluenorthwest]

66. DU allows regular posters to call gay people 'he/she' no matter how many times

the poster is corrected. There is a BOG regular who calls me he/she on purpose, even in response to posts that say 'As a gay man...' He/she. Constantly. That poster's cohort says noting to correct him.

[idwiyo]

73. Can you please PM me their username. I am ashamed to admit I missed that bullshit.

Please accept my apology for their bigotry. If I see them doing it I will call them out on their bigotry.




PS I alerted admin on jury decision to let the crap I was responding to stand. I will also post in ATA why outright bigotry allowed to stand here.

[Rebellious Republican]

13. He or she, can someone enlighten us?

Johnny Weir
"I risk jail time just going there, but the Olympics are not the place to make a political statement,” he told The New York Times' Juliet Macur. “I’m not a politician and I don’t really talk about politics. You don’t have to agree with the politics, but you have to respect the culture of a country you are visiting.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/25/johnny-weir-russia-gay-law_n_4164571.html

[William769]

14. What part of "he" do you not understand?

[uppityperson]

16. You have already been told it is "he", why do you persist in calling a gay man "he or she"?

[steve2470]

18. Why are you saying he or she ?

I don't get your confusion, at all.

[steve2470]

27. There's nothing about this man that indicates confusion

I still don't understand your confusion. Ok, I'm done with this before I say something hide-worthy. Good night.

[idwiyo]

60. You are a homophobic bigot and you disgust me. Your arse should be booted from DU.

PS jurors, this bigot repeatedly called a gay man "it", repeatedly asked the same bigoted question, and ignored answers.

[Behind the Aegis]

61. How do you need to be enlightened? The pronoun is right there in your clip.

So why the nasty remarks?

[idwiyo]

56. I stand with you.

[Bluenorthwest]

67. Pigs In Space!!!!!

Boycott the Putin Winter Follies!!!!!!!

[winter is coming]

69. Just wanted to thank you for the video. Sorry your thread got highjacked. n/t