Talk:Tim Peake

Astronaut
He is not an astronaut. That will take a lot of tough training before it happens, to claim he is an astronaut based on this selection is plain wrong. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:53, 20 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Peake graduated from ESA's astronaut basic training on 22 November 2010 and is now conferred the title of "ESA Astronaut". Probitas 902 (talk) 14:18, 8 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Nevertheless, the convention is that a person gets the "-naut" title only when they've actually been into space. And the specific "-naut" variant is dependent on the vehicle they first travel in. Peake is slated to travel on a future Soyuz launch vehicle, which would make him a cosmonaut at that time. Unless things change, he'll never actually be an astronaut. -- Hux (talk) 16:01, 15 May 2014 (UTC)


 * It is true that Tim does not get the title until he has been in space. However, the idea that he will be a Cosmonaut, not an astronaut, is flawed. The definition of a Cosmonaut is "a Russian or Soviet astronaut". As Tim is British, not Russian, he will become an astronaut: "A person trained to pilot, navigate, or otherwise participate as a crew member of a spacecraft." The vehicle used is unimportant and furthermore, the media is already widely referring to him as an astronaut. In fact, technically someone who holds the title Cosmonaut is also an astronaut, going by the dictionary definition I quoted. Superyellyfish (talk) 09:28, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Ha ha. What a waste of. er. space — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.181.234 (talk) 12:29, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Military service
I'm a little bit confused - the dates of his total military service, and when he joined the Army Air Corps do not add up - plus, if he'd joined the AAC in 1982, he would have been 10 years old... I'm not sure that's right! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.97.77.201 (talk) 23:58, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Also, Tim participates in the hype space. TGCP (talk) 22:55, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

ISS
He is not the first British astronaut to visit the ISS. According to Michael Foale's Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Foale) "Colin Michael Foale, CBE, PhD (born 6 January 1957) is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six space shuttle missions and extended stays on both Mir and the International Space Station. He was the first Briton to perform a space walk, and until 17 April 2008, he held the record for most time spent in space by a US citizen: 374 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes. He still holds the cumulative-time-in-space record for a UK citizen." Valfarly (talk) 22:26, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Link to Astronautical Hygiene - why?
Why is there a link to Astronautical Hygiene in the 'see also' section? I can't find an explanation for this in the edit history or talk. What's the relevance? ClivePIA (talk) 20:03, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * No responses, so any objection if I remove it? ClivePIA (talk) 19:37, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Caving hobby
I'm not sure that the personal life section is correct that Tim's hobbies include caving. He was sent on a caving challenge as part of his astronaut training (http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/z2gxp39) but I can't find any evidence that this is something he does in his spare time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.167.170 (talk) 14:17, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
 * ESA profile states: "He is an avid cross country runner and includes climbing and caving among his leisure activities." Keri (talk) 14:40, 2 September 2016 (UTC) Edit: As does the reference already given in the article. Keri (talk) 14:41, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 June 2019
Please change website to timpeake.com because this is now the official site for Tim Peake, managed and updated by Tim himself. Please add timpeake.com to external links. Probitas 902 (talk) 11:19, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done NiciVampireHeart 15:04, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

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