gfitz
heading to NY for a meeting at the U.N.!
| learned about Orion seat crash testing today, with cadavers. I mean the testing used cadavers, not that i learned with them... nevermind |
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| doing some writing on the book at coco crepes coffee shop, wishing there was a bit more inspiration in houston. i see cars. thats about it. |
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| watching photo shoot of texans LB d'mico ryans in front of shuttle mockup... does he really need security guards? |
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| just leaving C'oure d'Alene national forest in Idaho... incredible. Almost got shot by hunters but forest and lake were gorgeous |
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| Survival training over! (I survived). Day at the office today included getting hoisted up 30 ft into a helicopter |
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| Finished day 2 water survival training. I've been blindfolded, flipped upside down underwater in a helicopter cockpit, learned fish to eat |
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| landed in Spokane- I can breathe!!! |
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| Sitting on runway, waiting to fly to Spokane, WA for a 3-day water survival course, hopefully to learn how to design survival hardware f ... ... |
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| i love chicago |
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| Floated in zero G today for first time, did NOT expel breakfast on anyone, only yelled at 2x running into people, pretty sweet day of work! |
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| Getting excited for tomorrow- my first zero G flight on the C-9, observing new space suit development testing while floating at 30,000 feet! |
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| more interesting debates about potential rescue mission for Hubble telescope servicing shuttle flight |
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| Wrapping up some repair work on our fleet of thermoelectric cooling units which keep astronauts from sweating during launch and re-entry. |
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| Anyone know places to hike/camp near Spokane, WA? I'm taking a 3-day Air Force water survival class there next week then staying the weekend |
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| ... Ferdinand Magellan, circa 1520 |
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| "It is w/ an iron will that they embark on the most daring of all endeavors... to meet the shadowy future w/o fear & conquer the unknown" |
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| Hoo-rah, touchdown Discovery! |
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| Discovery is GO for landing at the Cape, deorbit burn just started a few minutes ago. Here we go! |
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| Early morning supporting deorbit prep for Discovery landing in... oh just under 5 hours, barring any changes to plan |
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