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Topic: Signing history and experience: Jim Wetherbee
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TrueNorth
Member Posts: 161
From: Bathurst, NB, Canada
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 05-22-2006 02:32 PM
   
My family and I got to see the glorious launch of STS-102 back in March 2001. I'd like to send Commander Wetherbee a photo of the launch to sign for us. Anybody know if he signs via Johnson Space Center? Thanks. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-22-2006 02:48 PM
Wetherbee retired from NASA in January 2005. |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 05-22-2006 04:29 PM
The best way to go would be to try and find out if he will appear in your area (check the Sightings listings) and be there to ask him in person. |
disglobes
Member Posts: 594
From: Orting, WA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 05-23-2006 08:30 AM
Jim Wetherbee has never been very good signer through the mail. I have had a request out to him for over 3 years now. He is great in person. |
spaceman1953
Member Posts: 953
From: South Bend, IN
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 05-23-2006 04:18 PM
And has got to rank up in the list of shuttle astronauts to go hear when he comes around... he being a Notre Dame grad, I get my share of visits! |
TrueNorth
Member Posts: 161
From: Bathurst, NB, Canada
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 05-24-2006 10:26 AM
Thanks for the advice everyone. I am up in eastern Canada so local appearances are out. That launch was one of the great moments of my life and it would be great to have a signed photo of it. |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 05-24-2006 11:21 AM
He is great in person. I heard him play in MaxQ at Kennedy Space Center, and stopped to listen. He autographed something for me and talked to me for a while. A very positive experience! |
BMckay
Member Posts: 3218
From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 12-29-2006 08:23 AM
Has anyone had any luck with him lately? I was hoping to to get a picture signed by him. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 05-10-2013 12:55 PM
Second time was the charm - got Wetherbee today, seven years to the day after I first met him, if my recollection is correct.Said after six flights, he wanted to go into teaching the other astronauts. And he was 50 then, and he felt flying was for the younger astronauts. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 05-21-2017 03:34 PM
Saw Wetherbee again Saturday (May 20) at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. He signed Eileen Collins' STS-63 essay from "Space Shuttle: The First 20 Years" and added unasked, "Eileen was awesome!" |
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