NASA browncoats boost the signal into space

POSTED BY: artcat81
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 16:42
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ARTCAT81

Sunday, July 16, 2006 1:55 PM

Some of the Houston Area Browncoats are working the current Shuttle and Station Mission and they got the Captain's quote about love uplinked to the ISS crew in tomorrow morning's daily summary. Below is the review copy of the daily summary.

My source does not know if he can get PAO to release the document, but if anyone wants to request it from the JSC PAO office the document is (he thinks that is the correct office to request it from icon_biggrin.gif )
UPLINK ID: 13-0709
USOS Daily Summary
GMT 196, Saturday, 15 July 2006
Docked Ops – FD 12

Quote:
It's great to have three crewmembers aboard ISS again! Welcome to your new home, Thomas!

"You know what the first rule of flyin' is? … Love. You can know all the math in the 'Verse, but you take a boat in the air that you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turn of the worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughtta fall down… tells ya she's hurtin' before she keels… makes her a home."

-- Captain Malcolm Reynolds in "Serenity"

Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse

PHOENIXROSE

Sunday, July 16, 2006 2:00 PM

That... That... That...

Shinyshinyshinyshinyshiny!!!!!

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TRISTAN

Sunday, July 16, 2006 2:03 PM

Shiny!
Thank you for sharing that!
(Secret NASA geek here)

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PHOENIXROSE

Sunday, July 16, 2006 2:08 PM

Really? My grandpa worked for NASA in his younger years.

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ONEMANSHORT

Sunday, July 16, 2006 2:20 PM

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
That... That... That...

Shinyshinyshinyshinyshiny!!!!!

I think this is a pretty good summary of my feelings as well.

TRISTAN

Sunday, July 16, 2006 2:22 PM

Always been a fan of the space program. I have been intereted in the STS missions since I was old enough to know what they were. I attended SPace Camp back in 1987, and after that followed the space program almost religiously after that. I cried at the loss of the Challenger and Columbia crews, and cheered both times we made it back into space. I actually spent most of the 4th of July watching the launch while everyone else was playing pool and blowing things up!

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PDCHARLES

Sunday, July 16, 2006 2:28 PM

That kinda gave me chills reading that...

I'm with ya T... Huge space program freak here...

Does anyone still have the Nasa channel? Is that still around? We had it in NC during the first Mars missions. It was almost like one of those local gov't channels. (on some times, not others)

FOLLOWMAL

Sunday, July 16, 2006 2:30 PM

Oh, this is shiny news!

My father introduced me to the "dream of the stars"... read: Nasa and the space program when I was young. My Mom and Dad were both followers of each launch and supporters of whatever needed to be done to get "out into the black"! They lead us children well. I watched the moonwalk all those years ago now and have watched every shuttle launch and failure ( my heart goes out to all the brave astronauts who lost their lives and their families, from the beginning to the most recent loss )

My daughter and I were just talking about how when we were in Branson, supposed to be on vacation, we were holding up folks watching the coverage of the launch troubles because we were concerned and how we rejoiced when it launched!

I can't think of a better thing for the folks up there to hear than our Cap'n's words about flyin'!

My daughter and I were just talkin' just now.. the shuttle is like our beloved ship more than a little.... stuff falls off, bad things happen, but their respective crews just keep flyin'!
I'm so proud of all of us!

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

Click here www.fireflyfans.net for info about the Serenity Summer Campaign and how you can help!

PENGUIN

Sunday, July 16, 2006 2:42 PM

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
That... That... That...

Shinyshinyshinyshinyshiny!!!!!

Well said!

TRISTAN

Sunday, July 16, 2006 2:43 PM

That may be why I am so in love with Firefly...it's not the super-modern, nothing-ever-goes-wrong spacecraft...it flies by love and the devotion of those who live in her...kinda like our space program, 'cept without the huge ground crew, the years of training...hmm. Well, the parallel works in my mind!

So, for now, we are back into the black, with more flights scheduled for the future. Let us all keep our hopes up that this mission is a success.

On the launch day of the Challenger in 1986, I had stayed home from school to watch it take off. I was "sick", so I had to stay in bed, but I watched the launch. It was unbelievable. I had seen launches before, and this did not look right. Even after the explanations, I was having a hard time grasping the concept that we had just lost a crew and a shuttle. Still gives me a pang when I think about it.

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