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So precious. Gorgeous blanket.I just got a picture of my stepbrother's new baby in the blanket I made for him
I'm having a particularly bad night and this made me feel better
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It seems silly since they were essentially all the same, but Discovery was my favorite.
I got to go to NASA back in 2001 and standing on one of the platforms to get a look at one of the shuttles was incredible. They didn’t have the space ice cream but they did have dippin dots ice cream. So good.We used to go on field trips to the Air and Space Museum when I was in middle and high school in the 80s. It was not complete unless you came back with the uber-cool space ice cream
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I'd love to go back to the museum and also see the shuttle. I could easily spend a day looking at everything.
That would have been amazing. I'd have loved to have seen a launch in person.I got to go to NASA back in 2001 and standing on one of the platforms to get a look at one of the shuttles was incredible. They didn’t have the space ice cream but they did have dippin dots ice cream. So good.
We were there as they were prepping for the Atlantis mission (I had to look it up. We were there in early July 2001) so our guide was pointing out the various equipment trucks working to stock the shuttle and complete the final maintenance on it.That would have been amazing. I'd have loved to have seen a launch in person.
I was working in Chicago when the Challenger happened.
2 days before was Super Bowl XX and for 2 weeks I felt like I was the only Patriots fan in Chicagoland happily wearing my Berry The Bears shirt that someone had sent me. I am also embarrassed to admit I helped distribute the Patriots video that was supposed to be our answer to the Super Bowl Shuffle.
The video was the brainchild of Morgan White Jr.
The only good memory of Super Bowl XX was this ingenious segment by NBC
I just got a picture of my stepbrother's new baby in the blanket I made for him
I'm having a particularly bad night and this made me feel better
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We were there as they were prepping for the Atlantis mission (I had to look it up. We were there in early July 2001) so our guide was pointing out the various equipment trucks working to stock the shuttle and complete the final maintenance on it.
I’ll dig around to see if I can find a few photos from the launch pad.
Sadly after 9/11 they stopped offering the behind the scenes tours
Looks rough, sorry you had such a horrid morning viewMy last sunrise in Aruba ( I shall return )
Went back and watched video of one of Discovery's landings. It's amazing, you watch it gliding down and even though the person says how fast they are traveling, it doesn't seem like it. Then you hear the double sonic booms. Then more gliding, then the landing gear kicks down less than 30 seconds before touchdown. Which makes me wonder what the contingency was if they ever had a landing gear malfunction. It's not like that thing was a fighter jet that could just circle around again. I guess just belly flop and hope for the best?
They were amazing pieces of machinery though.
We didn't have puppets, but we had stuffed toys from Sesame Street, delivered by Santa. This was in 1976, when we lived in Podunk, AZ, so my mom ordered a lot via the Sears or JC Penney catalog. One the the characters was on back order, so, wanting to make sure we both got one, she ordered an extra. So on Christmas morning, I got a Snufflupagus, my brother got Oscar the Grouch, and much to our amazement, Santa brought my mom a Grover.I had an Oscar puppet when I was a kid. My brother said it was appropriate.
I have no idea what he meant by that.
Grand Cayman and Barbados are nice too !We mentioned Aruba as a possible destination for our 1st wedding anniversary....
I went to that one too, when my oldest went to Nationals in 2011, in VA. Was so super cool. Being an aviator, I could spend days looking at all those planes.I have seen the Discovery shuttle. It is at the National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia next to the Dulles International Airport near DC. It is amazing and I highly recommend going to see it. They also haven't cleaned it up too much so you can see how it has been banged up a bit from going to and from space. There's a bunch of other cool NASA equipment and all sorts of planes there too.
The main museum in Washington itself that most people go to is also really good, but the Chantilly one is just a whole extra level of awesome.
Her minister boss is from Barbados, and I've been several times with the Navy, on the way to Ascension Island, so we've talked about going there and visiting his mom's bread shop. I have technically been to Grand Cayman, but only to stop for fuel after finding and surveilling a suspected drug boat for hours. So, I've seen the island from above, the ramp at night, and they were nice enough to escort us into the terminal so we could use the bathroom. Seeing more than that might be nice!Grand Cayman and Barbados are nice too !
I need to rewatch Apollo 13. One of my all-time favorite movies.
It still gives me anxiety even though I know how it turns out.
I'm fascinated by how they had to MacGyver the air filter, and by how very little power they had available to make it home. Knowing it's a true story makes it even more amazing.
I sometimes get stressed out driving four miles home from work.
I need to rewatch Apollo 13. One of my all-time favorite movies.
It still gives me anxiety even though I know how it turns out.
I'm fascinated by how they had to MacGyver the air filter, and by how very little power they had available to make it home. Knowing it's a true story makes it even more amazing.
I sometimes get stressed out driving four miles home from work.