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NavySpaceFan
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posted 10-19-2007 07:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for NavySpaceFan   Click Here to Email NavySpaceFan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Watched today's ISS change of command, and I was surprised how casual it was. When CAPT Lopez-Alegria took command last year, his ceremony resembled a ship's change of command, very formal with music, ringing aboard the commanders, etc. Does each expedition decide how to conduct the change of command?

Jay Chladek
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posted 10-19-2007 11:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jay Chladek   Click Here to Email Jay Chladek     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Probably, since to my knowledge Peggy is a civilian and doesn't have military ties like Lopez-Alegria did.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 10-20-2007 12:06 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Each commander sets the tone and chooses the customs s/he wants his/her crew to follow. Friday's change of command ceremony would have been Fyodor Yurchikhin's to run, thus it was his choice as to what form it would take.

On a related topic, before she launched, I asked Peggy Whitson what ISS traditions she planned to continue and/or start. She replied that she hadn't had a lot of time to consider such and planned to continue what past crews had begun.

NavySpaceFan
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posted 10-20-2007 02:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for NavySpaceFan   Click Here to Email NavySpaceFan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I hope Dr.Whitson keeps the bells. I like to think of them as a maritime, vice strictly naval tradition. The best use of the bells I've seen was on STS-114 where Dr. Phillips rang aboard both COL Collins (as commander of DISCOVERY) and Wendy Lawrence (as a Navy captain). It also makes sense that the off going commander arranges the change of command, that's how it works on ships.

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