Posted on 05/19/2003 1:52:21 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:50:58 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The last time Steve Robinson rocketed to space, the nation and world paid attention.
Sacramento's homegrown astronaut flew with John Glenn, the spacefaring pioneer who became, at age 77, the oldest man in orbit. That mission in 1998 carried an aura of wonder and celebrity.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
"The conviction to do a job like this comes from so deep inside that, at least for me, I don't have to question it," says astronaut Steve Robinson, here talking to youngsters last year at Sacramento's Discovery Museum Challenger Learning Center.
Sacramento Bee file, 2002/Owen Brewer
| Chairman of the Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation Board, retired U. S. Navy Admiral Harold W. Gehman stands in front of the remains of Columbia's left wing during a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 17, 2003. Gehman said he saw 'no showstoppers' that would prevent the remaining three shuttles from eventually returning to flight. That was good news for NASA which needs to fly shuttles to keep the $95 billion International Space Station program operating. Photo by Charles W Luzier/Reuters
95 Billion .. wow!!! |
| Chairman of the Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation Board, retired U. S. Navy Admiral Harold W. Gehman (L), and U.S. Congressman Tom Feeney (R), R-FL, hold a press conference after examining pieces of debris from the spacecraft as it is assembled in the RLV Hanger at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 17, 2003. Investigators continue their work on the pieces of the orbiter which broke apart in the skies over Texas on February 1, 2003, killing the crew of seven astronauts. REUTERS/Charles W Luzier REUTERS |
So, does this mean that the problem of the shuttle raining debris all over Florida during launch has been solved after letting it go for 20+ years?
It's a miracle, I tellya! ;-)
William W. Parsons, director of NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, was named Friday, May 9, 2003, as the new manager of the space shuttle program at a press briefing at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Parsons succeeds Ronald Dittemore, who resigned April 23. (AP Photo/NASA, Renee Bouchard)
A flag stands out at Kennedy Space Center next to the NASA logo.(AFP-NASA/File/Bruce Weaver)
Oh yeah? Here's what a REAL American pilot and hero had to say about Glenn and the space flight that was thrown to him for whoring himself for Bubba Klinton: Chuck Yeager: Glenn Flight A Bunch Of Hype.
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