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Robert Pearlman
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posted 06-08-2005 01:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
For some time now, the entrance driveway to Space Center Houston on NASA Road 1 (NASA Parkway) has had what looked to be a sign installation underway.

Today, the previously-installed pillars that might have held a sign took on a different appearance:

(While waiting outside Space Center Houston last week for Leroy Chiao's post Expedition 10 event, we noticed the T-38 was missing from its usual parking spot near the ticket booths. It stands to reason that one of these two was that jet or it was traded for one.)

pokey
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posted 06-08-2005 09:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for pokey   Click Here to Email pokey     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I've had my eye on those droopy looking posts for quite some time. Was wondering what they were up to...
Robert, now you need to take some pics of the ISS 'thingy' across the street from the T-38's (in the median of NASA Road 1) - during the day and when lit up at night.

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Robert Pearlman
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posted 06-08-2005 10:31 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by pokey:
Robert, now you need to take some pics of the ISS 'thingy' across the street from the T-38's (in the median of NASA Road 1) - during the day and when lit up at night.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 06-08-2005 10:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
And here's the T-38s at night:

Philip
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posted 06-09-2005 03:33 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip   Click Here to Email Philip     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Great photos Robert !!!

pokey
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posted 06-09-2005 07:45 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for pokey   Click Here to Email pokey     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks Robert!

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How much are they paying those guys sitting in the cockpits? Or are those astronauts who retired that cant command huge signing fees?

Cheers (tongue in cheek of course)!

AL

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posted 06-09-2005 09:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for DavidH   Click Here to Email DavidH     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I really like that last picture of the T-38s, by the way. In the daylight pictures, they look like airplanes on sticks, but in that last angle of the night pictures, they look more dynamic. Great photo, Robert.

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posted 06-09-2005 08:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dss65   Click Here to Email dss65     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Very, very cool.

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