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First female commander, phobic of roller coasters, leads next space shuttle mission
Marin Independent Journal ^
| 5/01/05
| Marcia Dunn
Posted on 05/01/2005 5:23:23 PM PDT by Libloather
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Found this while searching for Hillary news - and I don't know why...
To: Libloather
Funny I hate heights but the few times I have flown it didn't bother me to be that high up.
To: Libloather
This part probably hit your search:
Her debut as shuttle commander in 1999 drew first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and daughter Chelsea to the launch site.
As if She Who Must Not Be Named has anything to do with the program...
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posted on
05/01/2005 5:27:34 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(In for a penny, in for a pound, saddlin' up and Baghdad-bound!)
To: Old Sarge
As if She Who Must Not Be Named has anything to do with the program...Ah! I thought it may have had something to do with that 'first female' reference. WHEW!
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posted on
05/01/2005 5:35:17 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(Start Hillary's recount now - just to get it out of the way...)
To: Libloather
Women boldly going, where men have already been.
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posted on
05/01/2005 5:35:21 PM PDT
by
Search4Truth
(When a man lies he murders some part of the world.)
To: Old Sarge
This seem to me like a bad memory from the movie Space Camp...
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posted on
05/01/2005 5:36:58 PM PDT
by
Little_shoe
("For Sailor MEN in Battle fair since fighting days of old have earned the right.to the blue and gold)
To: Old Sarge
If Eileen Collins was a shuttle commander in 1999, how can she now be the first female shuttle commander?
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posted on
05/01/2005 5:38:53 PM PDT
by
Ken522
To: Ken522
She'll ALWAYS be the first female shuttle commander ;)
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posted on
05/01/2005 5:44:26 PM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: Libloather
If she screws up, Ann Coulter will be there waiting to shish-kebab her.
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posted on
05/01/2005 5:46:55 PM PDT
by
wizardoz
To: Ken522
Probably more accurate to say "the only woman to command a shuttle". Was, and is.
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posted on
05/01/2005 5:47:29 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(In for a penny, in for a pound, saddlin' up and Baghdad-bound!)
To: Aleighanne; Libloather
I can explain the roller coast thing quite easily....
It's all about control....
Pilots (and astronauts) are usually giant control freaks. On a roller coaster, you don't control anything - you are just along for the ride.
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posted on
05/01/2005 5:47:35 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(When you lose your fear, you become the people you envied.)
To: Libloather
Even steep water slides are out. Last summer, Collins took her daughter to a water park, stood in line an hour, got to the top, looked down and said: "I'm out of here."Keep an eye on her... She might say she's been kidnapped and ....
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posted on
05/01/2005 5:47:38 PM PDT
by
csvset
To: Search4Truth
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posted on
05/01/2005 5:48:27 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(When you lose your fear, you become the people you envied.)
To: Libloather
Hope she plans on wearing iron cups if you know what I mean.
Don't want her to hit a wrong button as the gees just continue to build up, and one arm goes whacky on her, and hits the self destruct button or something.
To: Ken522
Maybe because she's been the ONLY female Space Shuttle commander. There have been two other women to have piloted the shuttle, Susan Still-Kilrain and Pamela Melroy. Still-Kilrain is retired so that leaves Melroy as the next possible female commander. I hope and pray STS-114 flies safely. I hope and pray that we don't lose anymore crews in spaceflight.
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posted on
05/01/2005 5:58:54 PM PDT
by
NCC-1701
(AN ACTIVIST JUDICIARY IS A CULT!!!!! IT MUST BE ERADICATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)
To: Libloather
I don't think the Space Shuttle will ever fly again.
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posted on
05/01/2005 6:01:15 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: wizardoz
nah only if she got the job due to political correctness rather than merrit.
To: Search4Truth
What's the point of that comment? To see if you can get into an argument to liven up your Sunday night?
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posted on
05/01/2005 6:18:13 PM PDT
by
pa mom
To: pa mom
To antagonize feminists. Looks like its working.
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posted on
05/01/2005 6:25:14 PM PDT
by
Search4Truth
(When a man lies he murders some part of the world.)
To: Search4Truth
You're right, a woman never could have been the first in space. Sorry if I offended you.
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posted on
05/01/2005 6:28:56 PM PDT
by
pa mom
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