A Brief Pause From The Ordinary..., Demographics time--please just humor me |
A Brief Pause From The Ordinary..., Demographics time--please just humor me |
Jun 5 2008, 07:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
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Jun 5 2008, 07:11 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Hmmm... let's put it this way... the cake bought for me for my 21st birthday was just 4 days old when I sat crying in front of the TV, watching live coverage of pieces of Challenger spiralling and fluttering down into the pacific.
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Jun 5 2008, 08:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
the cake bought for me for my xx birthday You'll be old when the cost of the candles will excess the cost of the cake -------------------- |
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Jun 5 2008, 08:50 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
This Christmas, I will celebrate the 9th anniversary of my 21st birthday
Doug |
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Jun 5 2008, 08:56 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
This Christmas, I will celebrate the 9th anniversary of my 21st birthday Doug And your 10.000 post -------------------- |
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Jun 27 2008, 09:38 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 26-June 08 From: Florida, US Member No.: 4238 |
I'll just sneak in here to say Hello so as not to make a spectacle of myself.
Lurker for a few months; registered yesterday- so, newbie to the board; oldster to space. Professional highlights- '60's/'70's: Degree in oceanographic technology, Florida Tech; wire jockey for Skylab stuff at the Cape- GSE, SCE & onboard power. '70's/'80's: Worked in public safety comms (EMS & Fire); audio engineer for Burt Reynolds productions. '80's/'90's: Chief engineer for "Jules Undersea Lodge"; worked with Scott Carpenter on underwater stuff. '90's/00's": Contracting engineer for NASA Life Sciences; engineer & office manager for marine electric company. So based on this, I'm pushing 60! Very knowledgeable group here, and lots of interesting reading to 'catch up' on! See y'all around! _>^^< |
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Jun 27 2008, 10:53 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Welcome aboard the USS UMSF SpaceCat, good to have you here.
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Jun 27 2008, 11:56 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
Welcome, cute avatar!
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"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Jun 28 2008, 02:19 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
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Jun 28 2008, 04:56 AM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Must be HMS, surely!
I appear to be just a bit older than Viking 1. Strangely, that makes me feel both very young and very old! I mean, like, how ancient is Viking?? That was totally the Medieval age of Mars exploration. --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Jun 28 2008, 05:07 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
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Jun 28 2008, 05:25 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 11-June 08 From: Portsmouth (England) Member No.: 4202 |
Hi all:
I'm 39 (Born 4 weeks before the first Moon landing in Austin TX - took a boat! back to Italy few weeks later!). Wife and 2 children. Father is an astronomer, but I was too shocked having to endure all this telescopes in strange places to actually be interested in astronomy. Somehow ended up following the then-girlfriend in California and getting a job at JPL in the communications divisions. Worked as a telecom system engineer in few projects. Few never made it to launch (Europa orbiter ... and would you believe it we were working on MSR on 1999 for a launch in 2003&2005? but a lot of the young talent developed in those days indeed contributed to something launching in 2003). Two did not make it (the 2 DS2 probes). Finally success with Odyssey and the MERs. I've left MER at the end of the primary mission (that's quite a long time ago!) and that's when I started reading this forum. Yes, it was easier to read this forum, then to go to mission control in a different building. Worked on MSL until CDR 1 year ago ... ... then we decided to go back across the pond to old Europe for a lot of reasons ... we still ended up in England which at least culturally in mid-way. I still work in the space business even if at the moment not for a science mission. So I need to use this forum + Emily's wonderful blog for the latest around the solar system. Apologies for the long saga. Cheers, Andrea |
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Jun 28 2008, 06:16 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
What? Not HMS? Blatant Star Trek reference, to go with the recent "Red shirt" comments guys... -------------------- |
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Jun 28 2008, 02:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
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Jun 29 2008, 08:26 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
I'm a day younger than the world famous Parkes Radio Telescope - "The Dish".
46 - Enjoying 5 years of married life and 7 years as a space educator at the Canberra DSN - the other dishes! Astro0 |
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