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US elections (2): voting papers from the space

Washington, USA - Greg Chamitoff and Michael Fincke's votes

For US elections, voting papers arrived also from the space. Greg Chamitoff and Michael Fincke, two US astronauts, "Into orbit at 354 Km from the Earth" voted their candidate to the White House: Barack Obama and John McCain. This is the procedure followed: the two astronauts received digital voting papers through NASA Control Center. After voting, Chamitoff and Fincke send them back in order to...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1096203
Rome, Italy, 11/05/2008 15:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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