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Post by supermeerkat on Aug 7, 2011 4:24:59 GMT -4
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Post by supermeerkat on Aug 4, 2011 18:21:29 GMT -4
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Post by supermeerkat on Aug 3, 2011 18:31:56 GMT -4
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Post by supermeerkat on Jun 15, 2011 14:52:16 GMT -4
here, and it's briefly mentioned in Hall and Shayler's "Soyuz", which is the best English-language book on the subject. That's a really interesting article. Thanks.
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Post by supermeerkat on Jun 15, 2011 7:25:48 GMT -4
A quick check of the usual sources don't mention this interesting fact , do you have any links?
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Post by supermeerkat on May 7, 2011 17:22:20 GMT -4
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Post by supermeerkat on Apr 7, 2011 19:24:48 GMT -4
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Post by supermeerkat on Mar 31, 2011 16:47:39 GMT -4
For the price of the VIP ticket I'd want him to cook me dinner, never mind possibly maybe eating it next to me! I'd be happy with a bedtime story.
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Post by supermeerkat on Mar 27, 2011 20:08:17 GMT -4
But it's for SCIENCE!
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Post by supermeerkat on Mar 27, 2011 19:22:08 GMT -4
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Post by supermeerkat on Mar 25, 2011 17:59:53 GMT -4
I'm hearing that Deke! is worth a read. It contains lots of stuff on how he chose astronauts for crews. I imagine that would be fascinating. Along with Mike Collin's biog, it's the best of the astronaut biographies. Deke was a real no nonsense guy, an all American hero. He was notoriously taciturn, and many astronauts said they only found out the reason why they chosen for missions when they read his biography, published 20 years after Apollo ended. Treat yourself! Buy now! You won't be dissapointed! www.amazon.com/Deke-Autobiography-Donald-K-Slayton/dp/031285918X
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Post by supermeerkat on Mar 21, 2011 5:04:21 GMT -4
That, more or less, is what I've done, and now the only contact is to nod at him as we pass in corridors. Besides, it soon won't be a problem at all as I have a new job and am working my notice.
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Post by supermeerkat on Mar 20, 2011 20:18:44 GMT -4
So we turn up with some memorabilia and he signs it? Nope. If it's like the previous two I attended, you have a set value for a photograph which is signed - they won't sign anything you bring, and their "handlers" take care you don't spend to long talking to them either, even when they're not signing. It was £50 for a signed picture of Fred Haise in the April 2010 Autographica, and £25 (I think) for Jim McDivvit and Vance Brand. You pay £10-15 for an hour's lecture the astronauts, photos done first thing and signings done after the talks. The whole thing is set up to extract as much money as possible, and minimise the role of the astronauts, but they're hardly spring chickens.
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Post by supermeerkat on Mar 19, 2011 19:44:48 GMT -4
Be sure to tell him I said, "twelve oh one". ?
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Post by supermeerkat on Mar 19, 2011 17:46:37 GMT -4
Thanks, I'll give that a shot. I tried the VLC Media Player because it is supposed to be able to open Real files too, but it didn't work. It did on my Mac.
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