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Topic: Favorite space shuttle crew portraits
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Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 12-22-2011 07:27 AM
   
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Originally posted by heng44:
Technically, it wasn't the 61H crew but the 61M(T) crew. They performed (if I recall correctly) a simulation of the 61M flight profile in support of STS-26.
Slightly off-topic, if that's the case I'd be puzzled as to why a simulated shuttle crew would have their photo done... it's kind of like having the crew of Bolden, Gibson, Hawley, Nelson, Chang Diaz having their picture taken just because they did a post-Challenger TCDT. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-23-2011 03:48 AM
It is a little unusual, but that was probably because it was considered a very important test on the road to Return-to-Flight. There are also photos of the crew's pre-simulation breakfast with a cake on the table, just like a real flight. |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 12-23-2011 07:07 AM
Plus, it would also help to signal something of a return to normality at KSC. There were some pretty intense times down there in Florida in regards to doing the post-mortem on the shuttle (and the astronauts) as the pieces were brought in. Plus, people didn't entirely know if they would still have jobs, let alone if any more shuttles would fly. As such, even a simulated launch can make for a nice morale booster to show people that the dark days were starting to get behind them, even if only for a little while. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 12-23-2011 10:21 AM
A minor change, but there's an STS-86 crew pic without Wolf. |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 12-23-2011 06:42 PM
You might want to consider some after flight photos also, when the crews have disembarked from the orbiter. |
levasseurj
Member Posts: 27
From: Washington, D.C.
Registered: Jan 2010
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posted 12-29-2011 07:08 AM
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Originally posted by Lou Chinal:
You might want to consider some after flight photos also, when the crews have disembarked from the orbiter.
You bet. I have some great ones collected from press conferences and other post-landing events. I've got everything wrapped now, so it's up to our team to make selections and we'll install the slide show early in the new year I hope! Thanks to everyone for the outstanding suggestions. |
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