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I'm just going to take a week off next summer/fall and drive down and do it. I'm sad to see the shuttle go in favor of the 'new' launch vehicle.... which isn't much different in concept than what we used in the 60s. The shuttle represented the coolest of the cool in science when I was a kid growing up.
I've met 3 astronauts before, and had lengthy conversations with two of them. One of them was one of my professors my first year in college, Colonel Tom Akers. Talk about a cool guy. One of the most amazing, yet genuine people I've ever met. The guy flew 4 shuttle missions and has 30 hours of EVA time outside when he worked on the Hubble. Talk about campfire stories... he had em.
It's still in the back of my mind as something I may want to do. I'm young enough and I'm in a field to where it is within reach. Maybe I'm just dreaming but after talking with guys like Colonel Akers.. it seems possible.
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