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Topic: Photo of the week 306 (September 11, 2010)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 09-11-2010 01:58 AM
   
 STS-73 payload specialist Fred Leslie is reading a book with the title "I Want to be an Astronaut" during the 16-day USML-2 Spacelab mission in October-November 1995. Ed Hengeveld |
golddog
Member Posts: 210
From: australia
Registered: Feb 2008
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posted 09-11-2010 03:59 AM
And what will they dream of flying now? |
Henry Heatherbank
Member Posts: 244
From: Adelaide, South Australia
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 09-11-2010 04:04 AM
Hitching a ride on a Russian (or Chinese) spacecraft, of course! |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 09-11-2010 05:05 AM
Or a Dragon, an Orion, a CST-100 (terrible name) or a Taurus. Remember guys that when the last Apollo landed, no shuttle orbiter was built and it was two years before the first atmospheric test flights. It's always darkest before the dawn. |
golddog
Member Posts: 210
From: australia
Registered: Feb 2008
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posted 09-11-2010 05:23 AM
Thanks Tim, I should try to be positive. |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 09-11-2010 08:52 AM
That is a really cool shot! If I were in a position to do what Fred Leslie did, I would love to have a shot just like that as a remembrance of that great adventure. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-11-2010 09:00 AM
I can just imagine the sense of pride that Byron Barton, the author and illustrator of "I Want to be an Astronaut", must have felt seeing this photo. I wonder if he received the flown book or where it is today? Though very unlikely to ever happen, it would be a tremendous personal thrill to someday see a crew member on the ISS or elsewhere, peering over a computer screen to read collectSPACE... |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 09-11-2010 09:09 AM
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
...peering over a computer screen to read collectSPACE
You mean they don't already??? I hope it happens for you Robert - you have earned it.
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gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 3398
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-11-2010 11:35 AM
At about $1,000 to lift it to LEO that's a mighty valuable book. |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 09-11-2010 03:15 PM
quote:
Originally posted by gliderpilotuk:
At about $1,000 to lift it to LEO that's a mighty valuable book.
Fortunately, they were already going that way, so no additional expense for carrying the book. |
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