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Topic: First Man on Something, Anyway
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Rodina
Member Posts: 836
From: Lafayette, CA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 08-14-2004 06:32 PM
  
I'm happy to announce the birth of my first child -- Owen Gabriel -- born August 10. Since everyone else has laid claim to their kids being the first men and women on Mars -- and I don't want to crowd anyone -- I'll just say he'll be the first man on an extraterrestrial object to be named later.Right now, he's sleeping under the happy face of Yuri Gagarin.
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Rob Joyner
Member Posts: 1308
From: GA, USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 08-14-2004 06:55 PM
Hi!
Let me be the first to say congratulations on your new son! Considering his Mom's interest in space, I'm sure he'll have a nice headstart on his space-traveling adventures!
Did you happen to name him after another space traveler we're familiar with?
Bless you and your family!
Rob[This message has been edited by Rob Joyner (edited August 14, 2004).] |
Matt T
Member Posts: 1368
From: Chester, Cheshire, UK
Registered: May 2001
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posted 08-14-2004 07:01 PM
That is great news. Many congratulations to you, the new little fellow and his mum.Looking forward to seeing a picture of this latest astro candidate soon.  Cheers,
Matt ------------------
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-14-2004 07:04 PM
Congratulations Andrew to you and your wife! Wherever Owen lands in the future, I am sure he will have a fan base here on cS (championed by a very proud -- and rightly so -- father)! |
Rodina
Member Posts: 836
From: Lafayette, CA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 08-15-2004 12:21 AM
Thanks for all your good wishes!Owen is not named after any space traveller, it is just a name we could both agree upon -- I had been angling toward naming him after one of my two favorite Americans, Benjamin Franklin or Frederick Douglass, but I couldn't get executive buy-in. Besides, I can only think of one astronaut named Owen, anyway, and -- well -- with no disrespect meant, I think of Owen Garriot as sort of the Chester Arthur of the Astronaut Corps -- cool facial hair, but remembering what he did, exactly, isn't so easy.
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Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 08-15-2004 09:16 AM
Proficiat ... Congratulations with the newborn from Belgium - Europe ! |
Alan
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posted 08-15-2004 12:27 PM
Congratulations ( I'll second that from Belgium ) ;-)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3386
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-16-2004 10:09 AM
...and I'll third that from the Netherlands. Before you know it he'll be 16 years old and 2 meters tall, as my son is.Ed |
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