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Originally posted by IROC
... IMHO, the manned space flight program is one of the most noble things our country has done in a long time.
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Could not agree more.
Dynamik, I am so jealous!! I trust you have read "My Life in Mission Control" by Chris Kraft. Great read.
BRPORSCHE - That is a cool job; you should be posting the NASA Trivia questions. Maybe a Pelican Cape Tour should be in the future.
Rob - Have only been to one launch and it was fantastic. Would love to have been to a Saturn V launch.
This stuff is very near to my heart. Long ago in a galaxy far away, when I was an engineering student (aero and mechanical) I was also chair of AIAA and was fortunate to be invited to JPL. The Grand Tour was being readied at the time, and for someone like me being invited to JPL was akin to going to heaven. What I didn't know was that it was a tour for one and there was a job interview to be sprung on me. Couldn't believe it! Unfortunately, there was a bit of a tiff in Southeast Asia and I had a 6-year commitment to USAF after graduation. I often wonder what life would have been like under different circumstances.
Four years ago I took my wife to Peenemünde to visit the place where spaceflight turned the corner from fantasy to reality. Highly recommended for anyone interested in spaceflight.