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Brazilian Astronaut Will Pay Homage in Space to Santos Dumont, Father of Aviation PDF Print E-mail
2005 - August 2005
Written by Marina Sarruf   
Wednesday, 10 August 2005 11:59

Alberto Santos Dumont, the inventor of the airplane, according to BraziliansA Brazilian is just about to reach the final frontier: space. Marcos Pontes, the first astronaut in the Southern Hemisphere, should fly to the International Space Station (ISS) in April next year in the Soyuz Russian spaceship.

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Good article...
written by Guest, August 10, 2005
I loved this article.

Good Lord, Brazzil.com wants to start WW III right here in this site!

Come on Americans, Brits and allies; bombard us with the Wrong Brothers airplanes…
Americans...Not Welcome Here!
written by Guest, August 11, 2005
Keep your noses out of this one!

keol

PS. Santos Dumont is the father of aviation, not those inbred Wright Jerks.
Keol: Pride is Your Destiny
written by Guest, August 11, 2005
Remember Keol, Santos Dumont was, like you, proud.
Don't forget to mention that his legacy in the west, like Carmen Miranda is homosexual and transvestite, just like you.
Pride.
It's a Brazilian thing. And their Number One export.
Ask anyone.
Pride...
written by Guest, August 11, 2005
Don't be prideful with any excellence that is not your own. If a horse should be prideful and say, " I am handsome," it would be supportable. But when you are prideful, and say, " I have a handsome horse," know that you are proud of what is, in fact, only the good of the horse. What, then, is your own? Only your reaction to the appearances of things. Thus, when you behave conformably to nature in reaction to how things appear, you will be proud with reason; for you will take pride in some good of your own.

Epictetus
Americans...I LOVE YOU (...r money).
written by Guest, August 11, 2005
- Moronans Americanus a*****eas -

Pronunciation: Moronaaans Ameeeericanuuuuus Asssssholeaaaaaaas

Species: Blood thirsty mutated organisms.

Habitat: Polluted areas of North America, known to thrive under acid rain conditions and in its own excrement!

Food: Mainly peanut butter, hamburgers and french fries. These animals do not usually exercise any manners but instead, use raw hands to devour eatable substances. Abundance of lard reserves are quite common among these savages.

Adaptation: Namely rejected by all others beans on the planet. However, they are expanding their territory thru intimidation and killings, during the latter portion of the 20th century and beginning of the 21st century.

Behavior: Cowardly when singled out but vicious when in packs. Not yet known but inferred that metamorphosis occur at the DNA level of these creatures due to prolonged exposure to radioactive materials, set up by their own armies.

Caution: Stay way, these mammals are known to have huge mouths and very narrow minds, with an average IQ comparable to those of chimpanzees. In fact, these animals recently brought to power a specimen that parallels any ape, better known as George Bush.

Short-Coming: Unilingual, lacking any understanding of civilization and order, and driven by pure greed.


keol
Thanks for that Keol!
written by Guest, August 11, 2005
Its unfortunate for Brasil that history taught in the WASP countries points to the Wright Brothers as the originators of powered flight.
It wasnt until my partner pointed out to me that an alternative theory based on Santos Dumont may have done this before Orvill and Wilbur. I have since learned that others from as far as New Zealand and Paris were attempting and achieving the same results all about the same time.

Killing our spirit!
written by Guest, August 11, 2005
I belive Santos Dumont was the first, is our culture and history...Same I respect the US brothers, in American culture...But saying they were the first to fly in the world is just that! They were not! I respect all the people who die trying to fly, the Brothers and Santos dumont were just in the right time and they were smart to make it happen! Santos Dumont belongs to our culture and maybe other, he and wright Brothers represent the human spirit!
What we Brazilians need is keep our spirit free to fly! because next time some Santos Dumont come up, we don't send him to french for more opportunities! Still today in US a new kind of wright brothers send to space the first private ship "Space Ship One" is the free spirit! So stop blaming!
Better use of Funds
written by Guest, August 11, 2005
If my country was in the fiscal shape Brasil is in, I would be up in arms over spending 80 mill on frivolity like Space travel. With all the poor and hungry in your country, wouldnt 80 mill feed many people?

Brasil must get their priorities in line.

God Bless America!!! ok, Brasil too.

ps. KEOL.. f**k you douch bag

James H

Just think...
written by Guest, August 11, 2005
...100 years from now, Brasilians will be reading and learning all about Marcos Pontes, the Father of Astronautics and first man to ever fly in space.

;-)

(Just kidding, ya'll)
James H
written by Guest, August 11, 2005
How many people would $80 million feed? Let's see - population of Brasil is about 180 million, that's a grand total of 45 cents per person. Yeah, that's going to feed sooooo many people.

But it gets even better - that's $80 million over 6 years, so that 45 cents ends up being 7 and a half cents for every man, woman, and child PER YEAR. My mouth is watering already thinking of all that picanha I'm going to buy with my 7 and a half cents.
...
written by Guest, August 12, 2005
80 mil would feed 1 person. The elite government peace of s**t who would steal it before it ever made it into any actual program that would do any good. Or if if did actually make it into a government program it might go to feed a few hundred overpaid governemt workers salaries who "administer" that program. That is why Brazil with a tax collection to GDP rate as high as most first world countries can't afford to feed itself. f**king lazy piece of s**t government workers.
Better use of Funs
written by Guest, August 12, 2005
If my pantry was in the physical abate for Brasil, I would f**k up the army over spinning 80 mills on freakvolity like lace travel. With all the pool and I’m hungry in your country, wouldnt 80 mills fix many weasels?

Brasil must get their prior cookies in line.

God Gas America!!! ok, not Brasil.

ps. KEOL.. I Love you in my bed

James Hilarious
James Homo...
written by Guest, August 12, 2005
I love you man...keol
I have to agree
written by Guest, August 12, 2005
The space travel stuff is mostly a waste of money. I guess Brazil can make some din-din back by renting out rockets and launch pad space, in the meanwhile f**king up the ozone layer along with the US and China.
Shut the f**k up
written by Guest, August 12, 2005
And who gives a flying f**k about this Dumont-Wright Bros s**t anyway? First person to succeed in getting a craft off the ground for a few seconds using wings…something people had been working on for hundreds of yearsWhat a load of horses**t…It was only a matter of time before someone succeeded and others would improve on the "discovery." Seriously, you should all f**k yourselves, die and go to hell for worrying about this nonsense. You might as well debate who was the first guy to light his fart on fire and discover methane.
...
written by Guest, August 12, 2005
brazilian women are all AIDS infested sluts
...
written by Guest, August 12, 2005
american women are all LARD infested sluts
Lard-wise the same
written by Guest, August 13, 2005
There are a lot of fat brazilan women too, you know. I'd say the percentages are pretty even between American and Brazilian women lard-wise.
Aids-wise the same
written by Guest, August 13, 2005
There are a lot of aids american women too, you know. I'd say the percentages are pretty even between American and Brazilian women aids-wise.
...
written by Guest, August 14, 2005
Agreed. And, lets face it, every country has its sluts, right? But now let's not forget the fat and HIV infected men in both countries. Oh, and both have their share of sexist asses too. See, we have so much in common. Let's stop bickering about who invented what first. This is a happy occasion!
1st South american astronaut??? The peru
written by Guest, August 14, 2005
Sorry brazilians, but the first south american astronaut and three times in space is the peruvian A. Noriega, born in lima and has a dual citizenship (american-peruvian).

By the way the pioneer in rocket science was the peruvian Pedro Paulet (search for him in google).

Bissous
Sorry, Lula is the first asrtronaut
written by Guest, August 14, 2005
he seems to be in the moon hahaha

aztec boy
American Ignorance Exposed...
written by Guest, August 15, 2005
Aztec??? Easy to see that geography IS NOT an american "forte."

You probably meant The Incas (of Peru)...American Dumb Ass, typical!

keol...hehehe
...
written by Guest, August 17, 2005
"If my country was in the fiscal shape Brasil is in, I would be up in arms over spending 80 mill on frivolity like Space travel. With all the poor and hungry in your country, wouldnt 80 mill feed many people?

Brasil must get their priorities in line. "

Did you come up with this yourself or did you need any help!?

Technology, research, education (basic, superior, all kinds of it), people speaking as many languages as they can, learning culture from ours and others and still be open-minded enough to absorb other people's culture "good-side" (antropofagia, hehe. We are brazilians and take possession of people's cultures is our birth right), that's what we need.

The starving marvins? Well, some wil die, some not, the kids are the important stuff, the older people are too old and dumb for having any hope. Infrastructure instead of "giving money away" would be great to solve this out.
If my country was in the fiscal shape...
written by Guest, August 17, 2005
Another american maggot on the loose!

"spending 80 mill on frivolity like Space travel"

How about the 160 billion dollars spent in the Iraq war. There are plenty of poor americans holding signs "Will Work for Food" on major US highways.

Learn from your parents mistake and use birth control....really.

Yours truly,

keol
...
written by Guest, August 19, 2005
it shows how Bitter and twisted you get by being so different in wealth and power.

over which nationality became the first to fly in a contracption made of match wood?

Have some Brazilians got such an inferiority complex that they they can stoop so low to argue such a useless topic?
from the dark continent
written by Guest, September 28, 2005
I have just one comment to make. It has to do with what the acronym NASA stands for. The author wrongly in my view ascribes NASA to be the acronym for an entirely non-existent body, the North American Space Agency. The true reading for NASA is the 'National Aeronautical and Space Administration'.

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