Comments on: Vast signs deal with Colombia’s space agency https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/vast-signs-deal-with-colombias-space-agency/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:08:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Dick Eagleson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/vast-signs-deal-with-colombias-space-agency/#comment-1625560 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:08:21 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=119296#comment-1625560 Chris,

I think it was Winston Churchill who described Brits and Americans as “two great peoples separated by a common language.”

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/vast-signs-deal-with-colombias-space-agency/#comment-1625552 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 03:14:08 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=119296#comment-1625552 Labor = work
Labour= no work

]]> By: John https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/vast-signs-deal-with-colombias-space-agency/#comment-1625543 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 23:52:49 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=119296#comment-1625543 “It is also possible Vast has been hunting for passengers, and as yet has not been able to convince anyone to buy a ticket.”

The heck they don’t, sign me up – I just need the guinea pig discount. I’m sure it’s fine, what could go wrong?

]]> By: Chris https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/vast-signs-deal-with-colombias-space-agency/#comment-1625542 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 22:19:59 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=119296#comment-1625542 How about all the spelling in England, Canada and such: Labour, centre, travelled …etc.

]]> By: Dick Eagleson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/vast-signs-deal-with-colombias-space-agency/#comment-1625536 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:59:05 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=119296#comment-1625536 Colombia’s fault for choosing an eccentric spelling of its name. Columbia, with a ‘u,’ is normative in pretty much every other context – at least in the English-speaking world.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/vast-signs-deal-with-colombias-space-agency/#comment-1625533 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:51:25 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=119296#comment-1625533 In reply to Dick Eagleson.

Dick: Oy. Laziness on my part. And habit. Now fixed. Thank you.

]]> By: Dick Eagleson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/vast-signs-deal-with-colombias-space-agency/#comment-1625531 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:21:07 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=119296#comment-1625531 That should be “Colombia” with a second ‘o.’

And, yes, the nature of that nation’s current leadership is likely going to complicate any of Vast’s plans involving Colombia.

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