Synth-pop/ space electronica act arado (short for Alternative Reality Active Defense Operations) will descend upon Brisbane from the far reaches of the galaxy for an evening of electronic, future pop and industrial music.
scenestr has received a digital raven from Commander Sven Hovardsen of arado, detailing the evening will also constitute a fancy dress galactic battle with prizes awarded for best dressed as their favourite alternative-universe character whether that be from the Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Fire Fly, Red Dwarf, Babylon 5, Fifth Element, Blakes 7 worlds or any of the plethora of other universes.
"There will be an eclectic mix of the best of Brisbane bands with a spacey electronic theme. The only requirement is to enjoy yourselves; that's an order. In keeping with the theme of the evening, I have listed my favourite five astronauts/ cosmonauts," Commander Sven Hovardsen says.
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"The hardest job was to choose just five as their are so many heroes in the field, both as courageous explorers humbly putting their lives on the line for the benefit of the whole human race and just incredible human beings that would not suffer government BS from their respective countries: US or Russian."
1. Neil Armstrong
The quiet spoken, modest Ohio gentleman (in the true sense of the word), who was the first man to step onto a land mass beyond earth, was not only a hero to the people of the world but was respected and looked up to by his fellow astronauts and so he was considered the only choice for command of Apollo 11, the first moon landing mission.His cool head in a crisis showed itself when the moon lander computer overloaded/ malfunctioned; they were off target and heading for a boulder ridden cratered area, so he calmly took manual control successfully landing with 45 seconds of fuel remaining.
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2. Yuri Gagarin
The first man in space came from humble beginnings, raised on a collective farm by his carpenter/ brick-layer father and milkmaid mother. At one point during the Second World War was actually living with his family for a year and nine months in a mud hut after their house was commandeered by a German Officer.At 16 he was an apprentice at a metal foundry going on to study tractors and from there flying bi-planes and finally MiG-15s. When chosen for the space programme, his genuine, charismatic smile was a big factor in his being favoured by the Party Leadership for propaganda reasons.
Nevertheless, he was very capable and in a secret ballot to decide the first man in space carried out by the other 20 cadet cosmonauts, 17 out of the 20 chose Yuri. After his space flight for many reasons (google it) he lost faith in the Russian authorities and became a liability to the powers that be, in 1968 he was finally given permission to fly again in the Air force, on his first flight his Mig 15 crashed under suspicious circumstances.
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3. Gordon Cooper
The youngest of the seven, original US astronauts on Project Mercury, Gordon Cooper was depicted in the movie 'The Right Stuff' by the actor Dennis Quaid (Cooper acted as advisor on the film). Cooper piloted the longest and final Mercury Space flight in 1963.He was the first American to sleep in space during that 34-hour mission and was the last American to be launched alone to conduct an entirely solo orbital mission (in 1965).
After retirement he was extremely vocal about his encounters with UFOs and also the hundreds of reports he had been informed of by fellow pilots and astronauts and refused to be silenced by the Government.
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4. Vladimir Komarov
Was the first human to die in space flight. He knew the space vehicle Soyuz 1 was not ready, the pre-test flights had been disconcerting; the engineers had pinpointed 203 structural problems any of which could lead to the death of the pilot. The Russian authorities refused to delay the flight, even knowing it would mean almost certain death of the craft's pilot.One of Komarov’s friends in the KGB suggested that he should refuse to fly. Komarov answered: "If I don’t make this flight, they’ll send the back-up pilot instead." That was Yuri Gagarin. Vladimir Komarov couldn’t do that to his friend. "That’s Yura," he is quoted as saying, "and he’ll die instead of me. We’ve got to take care of him." Komarov then burst into tears.
On re-entry, his main parachute failed to deploy correctly and the module crashed into the ground, killing Komarov.
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5. Buzz Aldrin
Apart from having the coolest name, Buzz Aldrin was also the second man to step on the moon and even now is very passionate at increasing interest and funding in space exploration, particularly Mars and its moons.A few years ago he was confronted with a conspiracy theorist telling him he hadn't gone to the moon and he was a coward and a liar and a thief. Eventually, the 72-year-old Buzz socked him one and I can't think of anyone who would deserve it more and the courts agreed.
The final task for Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Apollo 11 Moon mission was to leave a memorial satchel containing medals commemorating Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Komarov on the Moon's surface
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