Hence his first posting to Austria in 2002, far from the Kazakh steppe where he was making such a nuisance of himself.

在哈萨克斯坦大草原的恶行使得人人都认为他是个祸害，这也不得不让他在2002远离祖国到达奥地利担任他的第一份职务。

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His first sensation of Earth was the smell of spring after landing in the Kazakh steppe on Tuesday, he said.

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The driving factors are the 200-day "use-by" rules on the Russian-built capsules that carry astronauts home from the ISS, and the safety protocols that demand all landings in the Kazakh Steppe must take place in daylight.

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