Re: [meteorite-list] Space Shuttle...honorary stories
Cool story! About the only couple of things that I can offer are the fact that DH and I will be on our way to Florida as of the 3rd... to see the Shuttle launch. We got lucky and I managed to acquire tickets to see it from the Space Center. That, and my Great-Uncle Benny was on the team that designed the gantry supports, the big arms that stabilize the rockets and drop out of the way on launch. We have a family picture from the 60s of him with the rest of his team and some other notables, such as Wernher Von Braun :) Best! Tracy Latimer From: rickm...@earthlink.net To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:59:48 -0700 Subject: [meteorite-list] Space Shuttle...honorary stories Hi List, While the 'heat-tile' subject is still 'hot' and since our beloved fleet nears the end of its 'scheduled missions' I offer a story, and invite others after this: (Stick with my personal indulgences along the way...especially those of us have music in commonthey will pay off!) START: back when I witnessed the hand-helf Heat-Tile firing with the acetalyne torch (1978-80?), at a party, I was a guitarist in a 5x bluegrass band: Steve, a banjo guy, but this time playing bass; Buzz, another guitarist; Dave, banjo-player extrodinaire; and me, newbe guitar guy. MIDDLE: One day, between tunes, we all sat around and shared our future passionsBuzz said he wanted to be a software designer in Silicon Valley after he finished his electrical engineering degree (we were all at UCDavis); Dave wanted to go on to be accepted for his Masters somewhere and be a farm advisor; I wanted to continue studying guitar and somehow be David Grisman's guitar player, following Tony Rice and Mark O'Connor in the role (good luck, me!); and Steve said he wanted to be an astronaut. This was in 1978..Really?!!! All of us achieved our goals...Buzz, yes; Dave, yes; Me yesand. Steve Robinsonbanjo-player extrodinaireyet more noteably known for his stellar Mission Specialty trips up to the Space Shuttle. (Those of you in the know, KNOW!) I captured the DVR from the NASA-channel, watching my music pal inspecting the tiles in zero gravity How cool is that!!! -Richard Montgoemry __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Space Shuttle...honorary stories
Hi List, While the 'heat-tile' subject is still 'hot' and since our beloved fleet nears the end of its 'scheduled missions' I offer a story, and invite others after this: (Stick with my personal indulgences along the way...especially those of us have music in commonthey will pay off!) START: back when I witnessed the hand-helf Heat-Tile firing with the acetalyne torch (1978-80?), at a party, I was a guitarist in a 5x bluegrass band: Steve, a banjo guy, but this time playing bass; Buzz, another guitarist; Dave, banjo-player extrodinaire; and me, newbe guitar guy. MIDDLE: One day, between tunes, we all sat around and shared our future passionsBuzz said he wanted to be a software designer in Silicon Valley after he finished his electrical engineering degree (we were all at UCDavis); Dave wanted to go on to be accepted for his Masters somewhere and be a farm advisor; I wanted to continue studying guitar and somehow be David Grisman's guitar player, following Tony Rice and Mark O'Connor in the role (good luck, me!); and Steve said he wanted to be an astronaut. This was in 1978..Really?!!! All of us achieved our goals...Buzz, yes; Dave, yes; Me yesand. Steve Robinsonbanjo-player extrodinaireyet more noteably known for his stellar Mission Specialty trips up to the Space Shuttle. (Those of you in the know, KNOW!) I captured the DVR from the NASA-channel, watching my music pal inspecting the tiles in zero gravity How cool is that!!! -Richard Montgoemry __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Space Shuttle...honorary stories
I get so excited about it, I even mis-spell my own last name. -Richard Montgomery (this time is correct!) - Original Message - From: Richard Montgomery rickm...@earthlink.net To: 'Meteorite-list List' meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 8:59 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Space Shuttle...honorary stories Hi List, While the 'heat-tile' subject is still 'hot' and since our beloved fleet nears the end of its 'scheduled missions' I offer a story, and invite others after this: (Stick with my personal indulgences along the way...especially those of us have music in commonthey will pay off!) START: back when I witnessed the hand-helf Heat-Tile firing with the acetalyne torch (1978-80?), at a party, I was a guitarist in a 5x bluegrass band: Steve, a banjo guy, but this time playing bass; Buzz, another guitarist; Dave, banjo-player extrodinaire; and me, newbe guitar guy. MIDDLE: One day, between tunes, we all sat around and shared our future passionsBuzz said he wanted to be a software designer in Silicon Valley after he finished his electrical engineering degree (we were all at UCDavis); Dave wanted to go on to be accepted for his Masters somewhere and be a farm advisor; I wanted to continue studying guitar and somehow be David Grisman's guitar player, following Tony Rice and Mark O'Connor in the role (good luck, me!); and Steve said he wanted to be an astronaut. This was in 1978..Really?!!! All of us achieved our goals...Buzz, yes; Dave, yes; Me yesand. Steve Robinsonbanjo-player extrodinaireyet more noteably known for his stellar Mission Specialty trips up to the Space Shuttle. (Those of you in the know, KNOW!) I captured the DVR from the NASA-channel, watching my music pal inspecting the tiles in zero gravity How cool is that!!! -Richard Montgoemry __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
