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Topic: Anyone else have incidents like this?
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tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 07-15-2005 08:35 PM
   
Being a total space geek, I stayed home from work on Wed to witness the shuttle launch live on NASA TV since I refuse to sit and see it on streaming video at work. Anyway, my coworkers knew that I was home for that reason. Today one of them asked me "how did the launch go?"CLUELESS!!!!
This guy is so wrapped up in his little world of his job he has no clue about anything outside the office. People frustrate me sometimes. Tom
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bruce
Member Posts: 916
From: Fort Mill, SC, USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 07-16-2005 09:45 AM
Tom,I know what you mean. I noticed after the Challenger accident in 1986, for many non-space folks, the word "Challenger" became the vernacular for "Shuttle". Last week, a neighbor asked me "Do you think the Challenger is going to launch today?" Without hesitating, I said "Yeah, right after the Hindenburg lands!" As inappropriate as my comment was, the question flipped my crazy switch and that was that. Too many of us Americans are poor learners of history. But perhaps that is a subject for a different forum other than cS! Best,
Bruce [This message has been edited by bruce (edited July 16, 2005).] |
sts205cdr
Member Posts: 649
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 07-16-2005 11:55 AM
I actually had people come up to me the next day to console me, assuming I was depressed or something. I had to explain to them that it was a "Good Day." No one got hurt, the vehicle is safe, and it feels great to back in business. That REALLY got 'em thinking!--John |
kyra
Member Posts: 583
From: Louisville CO US
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 07-16-2005 01:00 PM
I'd been thankful to hear anyone mention the shuttle at all at work. Everyone there knows I like the Shuttle, so out of 100 + people not one mention ? Dozens of other stories of the day around the coffee pot, but no Shuttle.
The local heavy rock station mentioned the fuel sensor delay and I felt cheerful for the same reasons that at least we were this close and there will be another chance soon.I will watch on my portable TV. (still better than streaming) If anyone wants a peek fine, if not I'll let them blab their usual gossip and ignore them.
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trajan
Member Posts: 109
From: Chester, Cheshire, UK
Registered: May 2004
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posted 07-16-2005 04:33 PM
In Britain, I was getting increasingly irritated, last Wednesday, that there were very few mentions on radio and TV that the Discovery countdown was proceeding well. However, I was even more irritated when, following the scrub, it was all over the news.Surely a sad comment that the Shuttle NOT launching is a bigger story than the fact that it is about to... |
Carrie
Member Posts: 225
From: Syracuse, New York, USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 07-17-2005 07:56 PM
Well, I'm actually pretty proud of my co-workers, then...the gal in the cubicle across from me had just heard about the scrub on the radio, but couldn't get my attention because my mother had just called to tell me. About fifteen minutes later, a different bunch of them were murmuring, "is it still on" so I came over and told them no. One said that she felt that they seemed to be more concerned with the problems that cropped up these days, and I responded that they've learned the hard way that glitches that they used to think would not pose a problem can turn out to be be huge issues (though I think this sensor glitch would have always scrubbed the launch).What annoys me is how many of them kept saying "I wouldn't get on there"! "I wouldn't want to go"! For the reasons I mentioned above, this will probably be the safest flight ever, and even though still dangerous, you couldn't keep me out of space, given the chance. |
Cliff Lentz
Member Posts: 655
From: Philadelphia, PA USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 07-18-2005 11:56 AM
I went to work Wednesday knowing that I would be able to take a brake at 3:30 and watch on a Plasma TV in a conference room. I followed the events on NASA.gov until the scrub. I got calls all afternoon wanting to know how the launch went and then the next day wanting to know if they were ever going to fix "That shuttle of mine!" | |
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