http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12093630

Not the same guy in the latest edition of the BIG ISSUE...but a similar fate.

TIMOTHY PEAKE was in the BIG ISSUE as European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut.

MCDONALD had told me to feel sorry for PEAKE...he was forcibly commanded to take on the job of manning a space station...yes, the term astronaut means 'manning a satellite' really....a hellish job - nobody in their right mind would want to do it...plus it is dangerous and he would rather not endanger his life because who would look after his family after his death? See previous notes today on MILITARY pensions...

Anyway, we can almost certainly say the above for this guy:

British-born astronaut Piers Sellers has been appointed an OBE in the New Year Honours List for his services to science.

Dr Sellers, who was born in Crowborough, East Sussex, has flown on three space shuttle missions - most recently in May this year.

Like other astronaut candidates born outside the US, he had to become an American citizen to be considered.