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Showing Original Post only (View all)Watch the moment the Olympic Torch was handed over IN SPACE during relay for Sochi Winter Games [View all]
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 Russias image and show what it can achieve more than two decades after the Soviet Union collapsed.
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bananas
Nov 2013
OP
Awesome, This was the first time it was taken out of the space station....
Rebellious Republican
Nov 2013
#1
Perhaps in some small implicit manner it helps to restate this point to a world
Uncle Joe
Nov 2013
#19
You are really offending the LGBT community here, whether you intend to or not
steve2470
Nov 2013
#24
Do a little research on DU folks, my name is Rebellious Republican, its real easy.
Rebellious Republican
Nov 2013
#29
My apologies, I have been accused of not knowing the differance...
Rebellious Republican
Nov 2013
#32
Try looking up Rebellious republican in the the search engine on DU?
Rebellious Republican
Nov 2013
#36
The article you linked to above repeatedly referred to Weir as "he". Too much to grasp? n/t
winter is coming
Nov 2013
#39
Your being a long-time member makes it ok to refer to a human being as "it?"
cyberswede
Nov 2013
#46
You're wrong to refer to a human being as "it," and it doesn't matter how long you've been here.
cyberswede
Nov 2013
#50
So, you've been here over a decade, but have remained curiously ignorant of DU mores
winter is coming
Nov 2013
#49
Yep, another one that lacks the initiative to do anything beyond a ....
Rebellious Republican
Nov 2013
#55
I am an it! do some research on me, my name is Rebellious Republican!
Rebellious Republican
Nov 2013
#34
Simply because I was being questioned, and was getting frustrated by these attacks without ....
Rebellious Republican
Nov 2013
#51
You are a homophobic bigot, pure and simple. Hopefully admin will kick your arse out of DU.
idwiyo
Nov 2013
#62
DU allows regular posters to call gay people 'he/she' no matter how many times
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2013
#66
Can you please PM me their username. I am ashamed to admit I missed that bullshit.
idwiyo
Nov 2013
#73
You have already been told it is "he", why do you persist in calling a gay man "he or she"?
uppityperson
Nov 2013
#16
You are a homophobic bigot and you disgust me. Your arse should be booted from DU.
idwiyo
Nov 2013
#60
How do you need to be enlightened? The pronoun is right there in your clip.
Behind the Aegis
Nov 2013
#61
Just wanted to thank you for the video. Sorry your thread got highjacked. n/t
winter is coming
Nov 2013
#69