A Brief Pause From The Ordinary..., Demographics time--please just humor me |
A Brief Pause From The Ordinary..., Demographics time--please just humor me |
Apr 18 2005, 01:52 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 17-April 05 Member No.: 236 |
I just joined this community last night, and I'm just curious about some of the people here. I'm only 19 years old, but I'm more interested in all things space than anyone I've ever met. Just out of curiosity, what are people's ages in this forum?
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Oct 31 2006, 02:32 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Nice to be able to "re-meet" each other!
I'm 43, born & raised in western Montana, and currently work logistics for US Air Force space programs in LA. Halfway through an MS in systems engineering with a minor in space technology, so hoping to do funner stuff in the near future. Been a space fan literally my entire life; could name all the planets before I was 5 years old. I used to get up early to watch the last Gemini launches, and really got into UMSF with Mariner 9. One highlight was the total solar eclipse on Feb 26, 1979 (about a week before Voyager 1 encountered Jupiter, you may recall). I was in central Montana with one of my teachers for the event...it snowed like crazy until a half hour before totality, then miraculously the skies completely cleared up...what a sight it was. Even luckier, there was a small group of people from JPL where we were, including Michael Kobrick who later was one of the leads on Magellan. As I recall, they told me that Io was looking "interesting" from Voyager by late February; about a week later, I appreciated their gift for understatement! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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