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HOMER HICKAM is the author of "Rocket Boys/October Sky," "The Keeper's Son" and many other books.
1 posted on 02/09/2007 9:24:49 AM PST by Fitzcarraldo
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What makes an astronaut crack?

Depends.

2 posted on 02/09/2007 9:25:36 AM PST by AU72
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Love or Lust

Lust or Love


3 posted on 02/09/2007 9:25:48 AM PST by IrishMike ("Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events.Small minds discuss people.")
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I don't think it was crack, it was meth.


4 posted on 02/09/2007 9:26:02 AM PST by ikka
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I don't know...space suit pants that don't come up high enough to cover it when they bend over?


5 posted on 02/09/2007 9:26:14 AM PST by rlmorel (Islamofacism: It is all fun and games until someone puts an eye out. Or chops off a head.)
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What makes an astronaut crack?

An ass-teroid ?

7 posted on 02/09/2007 9:27:22 AM PST by clamper1797 (What's black and brown and looks good on a lawyer ... a pair of Doberman's)
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But being charged with assault, attempted kidnapping and attempted murder is far greater than anything I ever observed or imagined could occur.

Why? They're just astronauts, for cripes' sake, not Trappist monks.

8 posted on 02/09/2007 9:28:09 AM PST by IronJack (=)
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What makes an astronaut crack?

A nuatcracker?

9 posted on 02/09/2007 9:28:11 AM PST by OSHA (Sarcasm detector overload!)
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What made her crack was that bunny-suit photo of Kerry.


12 posted on 02/09/2007 9:29:30 AM PST by kromike
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What makes an astronaut crack?

A Naut Cracker?
13 posted on 02/09/2007 9:29:32 AM PST by HEY4QDEMS (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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Probably got put on SSRIs recently.


14 posted on 02/09/2007 9:29:53 AM PST by Seruzawa (Marx's Das Kapital never could compete with the Sears catalog.)
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Maybe I've missed it on topics about this subject, but I get a chuckle out of my co-workers for coming up with a name for this phenomenon. Like USPS workers "going postal", I call this "going lunar". It works for describing the behavior of some people once a month, as well!


15 posted on 02/09/2007 9:30:27 AM PST by hunter112
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a right cheek on one side and a left cheek on the other.


17 posted on 02/09/2007 9:31:47 AM PST by mrmargaritaville
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What makes an astronaut crack?

Reentry?

24 posted on 02/09/2007 9:38:15 AM PST by WV Mountain Mama (I'm shocked the gov't hasn't found an average consumption equation to tax breast milk.)
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How interesting. I didn't know he was still alive.

This is quite a good article, and his observations about astronauts can apply to many other careers. People with impressive accomplishments are not necessarily more emotionally stable than Wal-mart cashiers, and some are going to "go astro" in a difficult job situation.

If nothing else, his proposal to eliminate many of the "astronaut" positions would reduce the likelihood of an astronaut flip-out, simply on a numerical basis!


25 posted on 02/09/2007 9:38:34 AM PST by Tax-chick ("It is my life's labor to bring Christ to souls and souls to Christ through word and example.")
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What makes an astronaut crack?

The same things that make plumbers crack.

26 posted on 02/09/2007 9:38:45 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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What make ANYONE crack?

It happens !


27 posted on 02/09/2007 9:38:51 AM PST by Mears
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After being weightless, they come crashing back to earth reality and become morose over the huge weight gain.


28 posted on 02/09/2007 9:39:48 AM PST by N. Theknow ((Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.))
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When they crack a tooth biting into one of those space food sticks?


29 posted on 02/09/2007 9:41:06 AM PST by doctor noe
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Why does this have to have anything to do with her job?

What if she had become a high powered lawyer? Or doctor?
Would she have "cracked" then?

I think so...because this is an issue of character and her type of personality.
She couldn't stand to lose - and she wasn't GOING to lose.


31 posted on 02/09/2007 9:43:03 AM PST by Scotswife
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I don't know what makes an astronaut crack. But here's what they need when they do:


33 posted on 02/09/2007 9:44:54 AM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (????? in 2008)
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