Astronauts have nothing but praise for Island after visit

Wed, 26 Sep 2012

Nicole Stott

A group of NASA astronauts who visited the Isle of Man last year were overwhelmed by the hospitality shown to them.

That’s according to the head of the Manx based space company ManSat, Chris Stott.

His wife Nicole was one of the group who visited alongside her colleagues who had flown on the last ever flight of the space shuttle Discovery.

Fellow astronaut Michael Barratt has apparently recently discussed the Isle of Man visit on a major US radio station.

Chris, who’s based in Houston, says the astronauts had nothing but praise for the trip and revealed some exciting news for his wife:

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