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I just "picked up" an astronaut...
Posted on 11/14/2008 8:54:21 AM PST by FL_Native
I was out smoking a cigarette and an astronaut just happened to be walking by (I work at KSC). She stopped and we introduced ourselves, she is one of the latest graduates of astronaut candidate training, clas of 2004. We started chatting about what we do and I asked her if she'd like to take a quick tour of our facility (we make the heat tiles for the shuttle). I got to give her a short tour and show her what I do, she seemed very interested. It was so cool, her name is Dottie Metcalf-Lindenbuger. She hasn't flown yet and is not on the schedule, but it was still an honor. These people are the rock stars of my industry.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: astronaut; spaceshuttle
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posted on
11/14/2008 8:54:23 AM PST
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FL_Native
To: FL_Native
To: FL_Native
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posted on
11/14/2008 8:56:58 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: FL_Native
Uh, picked up a female astronaut? You might also want to look up William Oefelein and ask him how well it worked out with Lisa. :)
Series, I know where you are coming from. They're remarkable people with one glaring exception.
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posted on
11/14/2008 8:57:18 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(once you get to really know people, there are always better reasons than [race] for despising them.)
To: FL_Native
To: FL_Native
I hope you exchanged contact info.
My home page might clue in about why.
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posted on
11/14/2008 8:57:42 AM PST
by
Quix
(LAWLESS LEADER QUOTES FM 1900: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
To: 1rudeboy
Um........I don’t think so.
To: FL_Native
To: 1rudeboy
LOL! So did I at first glance.
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posted on
11/14/2008 9:00:22 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
(McCain Courted Socialism and Brought Us Marxism Instead)
To: FL_Native
Did you mean: Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger?
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posted on
11/14/2008 9:00:27 AM PST
by
amf0611
To: FL_Native
I got to the hyphenated last name and stopped reading.
Yeah, I'm that prejudiced!
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posted on
11/14/2008 9:03:31 AM PST
by
StACase
(Global Warming is CRAP!)
To: amf0611
yea... I was typing fast and misspelled it a couple of times before I even got as close as I did. Sorry, I got excited.
To: 1rudeboy
I read KSC to be KFC. Thank you for firming up my lunch choice!
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posted on
11/14/2008 9:04:42 AM PST
by
Travis T. OJustice
(Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
To: FL_Native
I'll bet this relationship is really going to blossom places.
Particularly when she learns you published her name on FR. ;-)
To: FL_Native; Cagey
Several FReepers I know wanted to be astronauts...since forever.......
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posted on
11/14/2008 9:06:11 AM PST
by
Daffynition
("A gov't big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.)
To: Brian S. Fitzgerald
To: SonOfDarkSkies
"blossom places"?
I don't know what that means either
s/b blossom... places!
To: FL_Native
I’m impressed. They are (no pun intended) pretty down to earth people considering their notariety.
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posted on
11/14/2008 9:09:00 AM PST
by
pfflier
To: Brian S. Fitzgerald
MAN, go for the MILE HIGH CLUB!
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posted on
11/14/2008 9:09:57 AM PST
by
70th Division
(I love my country but fear my government!)
To: FL_Native
Wow - cool screenname! ;-p
In the photo posted earlier - the astronaut in the back row, third from the left is one of our Marion County Florida teachers!
His name is Joe Acaba, from Dunnellon Middle School.
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