[meteorite-list] Space Shuttle...honorary stories

[tracy latimer]

Cool story!

About the only couple of things that I can offer are the fact that DH and I will be on our way to Florida as of the 3rd... to see the Shuttle launch.  We got lucky and I managed to acquire tickets to see it from the Space Center.  That, and my Great-Uncle Benny was on the team that designed the gantry supports, the big arms that stabilize the rockets and drop out of the way on launch.  We have a family picture from the 60s of him with the rest of his team and some other notables, such as Wernher Von Braun :)

Best!
Tracy Latimer

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> From: rickmont at earthlink.net
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:59:48 -0700
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Space Shuttle...honorary stories
>
> Hi List,
>
> While the 'heat-tile' subject is still 'hot' and since our beloved fleet
> nears the end of its 'scheduled missions' I offer a story, and invite others
> after this:
>
> (Stick with my personal indulgences along the way...especially those of us
> have music in common....they will pay off!)
>
> START: back when I witnessed the hand-helf Heat-Tile firing with the
> acetalyne torch (1978-80?), at a party, I was a guitarist in a 5x bluegrass
> band: Steve, a banjo guy, but this time playing bass; Buzz, another
> guitarist; Dave, banjo-player extrodinaire; and me, newbe guitar guy.
>
> MIDDLE: One day, between tunes, we all sat around and shared our future
> passions....Buzz said he wanted to be a software designer in Silicon Valley
> after he finished his electrical engineering degree (we were all at
> UCDavis); Dave wanted to go on to be accepted for his Masters somewhere and
> be a farm advisor; I wanted to continue studying guitar and somehow be
> David Grisman's guitar player, following Tony Rice and Mark O'Connor in the
> role (good luck, me!); and Steve said he wanted to be an astronaut.
>
> This was in 1978......Really?!!!
>
> All of us achieved our goals...Buzz, yes; Dave, yes; Me yes....and.....
>
> Steve Robinson....banjo-player extrodinaire....yet more noteably known for
> his stellar Mission Specialty trips up to the Space Shuttle. (Those of you
> in the know, KNOW!) I captured the DVR from the NASA-channel, watching my
> music pal inspecting the tiles in zero gravity....
>
> How cool is that!!!
>
> -Richard Montgoemry
>
>
>
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