Almost half of Russia's adults would fail the state geography exam for school leavers, according to a recent nationwide survey: when asked to name the country bordering on Russia out of Sweden, Turkmenistan, Mongolia and Iran, only 47% correctly answered Mongolia. The margin of statistical error was 3.4%.
This should not be a problem for Charles Simonyi, who will get an extra day in orbit for the $35 million he paid for his flight to the International Space Station. The Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-13 will however go round again after reconnaissance checks discovered that the official landing site picked for 7 April turned out to be a swamp.
Russian space officials, haven't commented on the exact time and location for landing on the 8th. The preliminary time of landing is 11:24 Moscow time. The time is not final. The calculations are not over, said Aleksandr Vorobyev of Roskosmos. I hope that they aren't 3.4% out this time.
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