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First Brazilian In Space

April 7, 2006 | ISSUE 42•14

Lt. Col. Marcos Pontes, the first Brazilian astronaut, is due to return from his brief mission tomorrow. What do you think?

  • I'm all for a Brazilian being sent into space, but that spacesuit left little to the imagination.

    Natasha Nicholls
    Hair Stylist

  • I understand this is part of their greater plan to have a lunar favela by 2028.

    Harold Ledin
    Systems Analyst

  • I wonder how they decided who got to escape Brazil.

    Darrick Unger
    Botanist

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