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International Space Flight (ESA, Russia, China and others) => Russian Launchers - Soyuz, Progress and Uncrewed => Topic started by: Suzy on 04/15/2008 10:06 pm

Title: Unlucky 13?
Post by: Suzy on 04/15/2008 10:06 pm

"Scrap unlucky 13th mission: Russian space chief ". Anatolii Perminov suggests renaming Soyuz TMA-13 to -14 out of superstition! Maybe he is joking! Though remember what happened to Apollo-13...  :o

Title: Re: Unlucky 13?
Post by: tnphysics on 04/15/2008 11:20 pm

A joke, I bet.

Title: Re: Unlucky 13?
Post by: iamlucky13 on 04/15/2008 11:40 pm

I say launch as planned!

Title: Re: Unlucky 13?
Post by: Orbiter on 04/15/2008 11:56 pm

13? Such as Apollo 13? Yep, there has been unluckys before. Launch  as planned.

Title: RE: Unlucky 13?
Post by: The-Hammer on 04/16/2008 12:08 am

Given the lack of any problem with Soyuz 13, Soyuz T-13, and Soyuz TM-13, I don't see any reason to rename TMA-13.

Title: Re: Unlucky 13?
Post by: astrobrian on 04/16/2008 12:18 am

TMA-81-A  if we go by the shuttles way of skipping 13

Title: Re: Unlucky 13?
Post by: Jirka Dlouhy on 04/18/2008 07:54 pm

I think in Korea is unlucky number 4. They skipped this number in Koreasat serie.

Unlucky numbers depend on culture group, which uses this.

Title: RE: Unlucky 13?
Post by: edkyle99 on 04/18/2008 11:46 pm

The Arianespace V13 mission was a success.  The V15 mission failed.

Atlas Centaur AC-13 was a success, as was its Surveyor 5 lunar lander.

Delta 13 was successful.  It carried Explorer 14.  Don't ask what happened to Explorer 13. ;)

 - Ed Kyle