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Topic: 11/3: Cernan, Schirra, Stafford @ NASM
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tncmaxq
Member Posts: 287
From: New Haven, CT USA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 11-01-2006 09:04 AM
   
Just wondering if anyone is going to be at the presentation by Cernan, Schirra, and Stafford this Friday evening in DC. I expect to be there. Those events are always interesting. I look foward to getting Cernan's book signed. As of now I will be in the overflow section but that's OK. |
polheiney
Member Posts: 93
From: Hagerstown, MD, US
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted 11-01-2006 09:13 AM
I'll be there! I just bought two copies of each of their books to have signed (my wife is going with me) and I am looking forward to meeting them all.Pol |
Glint
Member Posts: 1040
From: New Windsor, Maryland USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 11-01-2006 09:20 AM
I'll be there too.Earlier it was being advertised that the signing would include any reasonable item -- limit one per customer per astronaut. Now they're saying books only, and still one per. |
tncmaxq
Member Posts: 287
From: New Haven, CT USA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 11-01-2006 09:31 AM
You folks going to be taking Metro? I've ridden it at night before and it seemed quite safe though I'm always a little wary of DC at night. I figure though that a lot of people will be coming out of the museum and heading to the nearby L'Enfant Plaze station so it should be fine.I've already got Stafford's book signed. I don't have a copy of 'Real Space Cowboys' though. I suppose I should buy it and have Wally sign it. Anyone have a review of it? |
MarylandSpace
Member Posts: 1336
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Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 11-01-2006 05:47 PM
Sounds like an excellent time to utilize one of my 3 personal days of leave.I need it. Tired in my 35th year of teaching. Look for me in a black jacket with Hubble on the back. . . I'll also hold up a paper with CS on it of course. Don't have tix but I'll enjoy a day at the NASM and hearing some space talk at night. Just gone beardless, Pol. Looking forward to meeting old and new CS members. Garry |
spaceheaded
Member Posts: 147
From: MD
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 11-01-2006 07:29 PM
I'll be there. Garry, you may need that cS sign because I'm not sure I'd recognize you without the beard. tncmaxq... should be enough folks heading from NASM to the Metro. We always try to walk with a crowd. I already have all three books, signed. Could I go through the line(s) for a hello and a handshake? Hope to see you all there! If my spiffy new black cS shirt arrives in time, I'll be wearing that. Bill |
Kevmac
Member Posts: 267
From: College Station, TX
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 11-01-2006 08:03 PM
I'll be there as well.
Even if you don't have tickets, you may want to hang around and see how many no-shows they have. May not be many for this, but you may also be surprised and get a seat, or at least a place to stand and watch in overflow. It never hurts to try!It should even be cool enough to wear our flight jackets. Gonna turn cold tomorrow after the last two 70+ degree days here in Northern VA. Have a great flight jacket night! KM |
BobbyA
Member Posts: 147
From: Northern Virginia
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 11-02-2006 09:35 AM
I have overflow tics. I love these events. The Armstrong one was GREAT, as was Yeager last year. Do you think Roger Launius will sign his books too? |
swedwards1960
Member Posts: 22
From: Canton, OH USA
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 11-03-2006 08:30 AM
Unfortunately, work demands has made me have to give up today's planned vacation day to attend this event tonight (would have been driving from Canton OH to DC). Though I have the Schirra and Cernan books signed, I had been looking forward to getting the Stafford one (and of course the talk itself!) So, one of the overflow people will be lucky enough to take my spot. Enjoy. |
Glint
Member Posts: 1040
From: New Windsor, Maryland USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 11-03-2006 11:23 AM
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Originally posted by tncmaxq:
You folks going to be taking Metro? I've ridden it at night before and it seemed quite safe though I'm always a little wary of DC at night.
On Fridays metro runs until 3 a.m. This doesn't necessarily mean that the last train out of LeEnfant leaves then; could be earlier. Last event at NASM I took the Metro to the train broke down on the way home. Had a 1/2 delay until they could push the thing out of the way. Good thing it didn't happen on the way to the show! Guys, I'll be wearing a grey & black jacket with a GPS IIF patch stitched onto the breast. It's a small patch so you'll need to be standing close to see it. Looking forward to getting all three books signed. It's going to be a late night. Hope we don't miss the last train home! |
Glint
Member Posts: 1040
From: New Windsor, Maryland USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 11-03-2006 11:27 AM
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Just gone beardless, Pol.
So that's another seat freed up in the main theater then?  |
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