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Astro_Ferg

  1. Congrats to SpaceX and their most noteworthy achievement of reaching the ISS. Well done!
  2. @rhaskiell Happy Birthday Caleigh!
  3. See you all at LA's Discovery Science Center for the Boeing/Huntington Beach rocket launch tomorrow!
  4. Another successful drop of the CST-100 from 14K ft this AM at Delamar dry lake, NV. Travel to Canaveral to watch Atlas launch ops on Friday
  5. Keeping our eye on the goal...capture the flag. Waiting patiently in Node 2.... twitter.com/Astro_Ferg/sta…
  6. Special day today. Thanks to those keeping the dream alive at the Smithsonian as Discovery makes the 'exploration' to 'education' transition
  7. At smithsonian with discovery. yfrog.com/ocqjrkcnj
  8. In DC (Dulles apt) to witness Discovery's handover at the Smithsonian tomorrow. She's still sitting on the 747 at Dulles. Rain.
  9. @thekavya29 Awesome....good luck!!
  10. Three good chutes! Successful drop of the CST100! #Boeing yfrog.com/oc7nxcyj
  11. Erickson Sky Crane helicopter now airborne carrying CST simulator. Upon drop, will deploy parachutes to slow capsule during descent.
  12. At Delmar Dry Lake Bed, near Alamo, Nevada... preparing for CST-100 drop test, The first test of our fully combined vehicle landing system.
  13. Weather looks good for tomorrows drop test. We'll be on site in the NV desert at 7AM (PST).
  14. Hi All. Great time with SEDS at Purdue this week...thanks. Big CST-100 drop test sched for Tues ....will tweet from test site. C u there.
  15. @englau Some do. I didn't. My back hurt when it first stretched out in space
  16. @preart08 consider yourself endorsed:)
  17. @bronxbard Hi Jim....what's up?
  18. @Summitshasta Happy Birthday Terry!!!
  19. @ElizabethCatli1 Eectrolosis splits H2O into H2 and O2. H2 is combined with Carbon (from CO2) to produce methane. We breath O2. Cool, huh?