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Space Flight? Not On Your Life Darling!

Hywell Rigby of Surrey, won the Peugeot Spot 3008 national competition, where the prize was to fly into space! Like most teenage boys in 1969, he was totally absorbed by the Apollo Mission to become the first Man on the Moon, which has been his dream ever since!

His dream was about to become reality more than 40 years later, however his 30 year old wife couldn’t bear the thought of him blasting off on a journey into the unknown.

Hywell was one of more than 14,000 entrants in the Peugeot Spot 3008 competition, whose imagination had been captured by the prospect of looking down over planet Earth and becoming one of a very select band of humans to witness a sunrise from the edge of space.

However, he has decided to leave his dream as a dream, out of respect for his wife, who has a fear of all things flying. He has taken the alternative cash prize of £30,000 instead.

“The opportunity to win a space flight immediately captured my imagination, so it is with massive regret I pass up this opportunity”, said Hywell.

“My wife means the world to me and the last thing I would want is to cause her worry. The cash prize will enable us to re-decorate our home, have a nice holiday and even buy a new car. These are all things that benefit both of us, but I’m afraid it’d a triumph of pragmatism over dreams”, he added.

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