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Model Forum / General / Rockets / June 2007Astronauts at NAR events?
I was trying to come up with a list of astronauts that we've met at various NAR events. Of course I know that Jay Apt has been to many events since he became an astronaut. And I'm aware that Buzz Aldrin has now been to a couple of the TARC finals. It took Pete Alway to refresh my memory that Jack Lousma was a guest at one of the MASCON events. And Hank Hartsfield talked to us at NARAM-21, just as the Shuttle program was getting ready to fly. And from coverage in the old ModelRocketry magazine, I recall that Bill Anders was at an old NARAM, possibly NARAM-11. So what other astronauts have made appearances at NAR events?  SignatureBob Kaplow NAR # 18L >>> To reply, there's no internet on Mars (yet)! <<< Kaplow Klips & Baffle: http://nira-rocketry.org/Document/MayJun00.pdf www.encompasserve.org/~kaplow_r/ www.nira-rocketry.org www.nar.org Sir, if I was building a weapon of mass destruction, you wouldn't be able to find it. Well its not 1965. Astronauts don't matter unless they are dying at "throttle up", or upon re-entry. Now if Paris Hilton were to go panty- less and wear a short skirt at NARAM, and bend over a lot, THAT would make news! Its a different country from what you once knew ... I feel sorry for you actually. You have to live a lie every day, thinking things are "ok". The ship isn't sinking, its the ocean getting higher ... Ask the common majority citizen who Jack Lousma is ... they don't know and frankly don't care; I have his signatures from his Skylab mission (bonus star for me for knowing and owning them!). Ask them who Buzz Aldrin is ... same answer. Now ask them who Paris Hilton is and where she is going in the next few days and 90% of the common majority population will answer with an A+ responce ... well its a nostalgic thought to believe that Astronauts are still heroes ... now if we could only get Paris Hilton, Rosey O'donnel , or O.J. Simpson into space we may have a formula to pique general population interests! Lunar On May 26, 6:30 am, kaplo...@encompasserve.org.mars (Bob Kaplow) wrote: > I was trying to come up with a list of astronauts that we've met at various > NAR events. Of course I know that Jay Apt has been to many events since he [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Sir, if I was building a weapon of mass destruction, > you wouldn't be able to find it. On May 26, 8:05 am, "lunarlosREMOVE2EM...@juno.com" <lunar...@juno.com> wrote: > Well its not 1965. Astronauts don't matter unless they are dying at > "throttle up", or upon re-entry. Now if Paris Hilton were to go panty- [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > - Show quoted text - When Wally Schirra died a few weeks back, I scaned the news hoping to see some major story ran ...NOT A SINGLE MENTION. Matter of fact, most stations didn't even mention his death. But there was the typical doses of Paris Hilton, the dead whore's Baby (Anna Nicole Simpson), and the news on U.S. casualties in Iraq (more blacks have died on the streets of America during the same time as the Iraq war, due to crime and gang killings, but you would never know that from the liberal news outlets). Now I know, I HATE you LUNAR! YOu are without BALLS Lunar! You need to stay off the pills LUNAR!! Yes yes bah bah bah bah back to you sheeple, but my sourse for more blacks dying in America than the nunber of U.S. Soldiers in Iraq come for the Center for Disease Control. Just log into their web site and check the TRUTH ... wait that would be too much effort on your part and interupt your sheeple grazing ... its just so much easier to throw stones back at the messenger ... and this is why you no longer feel safe on the streets. This is why you can't function properly in the bedroom (strees impacts the body and mind). This is why ... never mind, why bother with you close minded fools. Just get back to being the good tax paying sheeple that you REALLY are ... Lunar - Wolf with a taste for mutton! The Daily Herald in the Chicago area had a small article on Wally Schirra when he died. Also, I'd like to point out that Bob wasn't asking the "general population", he was asking a rocketry specific group of people who could be expected to hold a somewhat different view of who might be an interesting person to meet at a NAR event. I'll admit that if Paris Hilton shows up at NSL2007, I'll probably gawk a little, but I'd much rather have a conversation with an astronaut. The problem with astronauts is getting to be that there are so many of them, it is hard to know all of them. Also, John Q. Public probably doesn't find the missions to ISS as exciting as a moon landing. Personally, I've met 3 astronauts, although I had to travel to Florida to do it, and I think you underestimate the public - I'd be willing to bet that if an astronaut were to come and speak at a local library, and the library were to publicize the event, you would attract a full house. > Ask the common majority citizen who Jack Lousma is ... they don't know > and frankly don't care; I have his signatures from his Skylab mission > (bonus star for me for knowing and owning them!). Ask them who Buzz > Aldrin is ... same answer. Now ask them who Paris Hilton is and where Incorrect! I met Buzz at the last 2 TARC finials. Every time I tell the story everyone knows who he is. Signaturegcisko@hotmail.com > she is going in the next few days and 90% of the common majority > population will answer with an A+ responce ... well its a nostalgic > thought to believe that Astronauts are still heroes ... now if we > could only get Paris Hilton, Rosey O'donnel , or O.J. Simpson into > space we may have a formula to pique general population interests! Scott Carpenter came out to a NIRA launch after RCHTA one year, does that count? > I was trying to come up with a list of astronauts that we've met at various > NAR events. Of course I know that Jay Apt has been to many events since he [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > So what other astronauts have made appearances at NAR events? I believe that Ron Sega http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=7901 was at TARC this year. > I was trying to come up with a list of astronauts that we've met at various > NAR events. Of course I know that Jay Apt has been to many events since he [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > So what other astronauts have made appearances at NAR events? SignatureWill Marchant, NAR 13356, Tripoli 10125 L3, FBIS kc6rol@amsat.org http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/will/ >I believe that Ron Sega http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=7901 was at >TARC this year. I was at the entrance to the goddard range waiting form more teams to enter and setup for launch. A whole bunch of dignatiaries show up and I get introduced to the sec of the airforce and shake his hand. (This looked like him.) Then I also am introduced to Dr. Buzz Aldrin and shook his hand as well. Signaturegcisko@hotmail.com The only important person I met at a NAR event was you... SignatureTAI FU > The only important person I met at a NAR event was you... Gosh, thanks! But what about Dancing Baby? SignatureBob Kaplow NAR # 18L >>> To reply, there's no internet on Mars (yet)! <<< Kaplow Klips & Baffle: http://nira-rocketry.org/Document/MayJun00.pdf www.encompasserve.org/~kaplow_r/ www.nira-rocketry.org www.nar.org Sir, if I was building a weapon of mass destruction, you wouldn't be able to find it. >> The only important person I met at a NAR event was you... > >Gosh, thanks! But what about Dancing Baby? Whatever happened to him? SignatureDarren J Longhorn http://www.geocities.com/darrenlonghorn/ NSRG #005 http://www.northstarrocketry.org.uk/ /UKRA #1094 /L2 /RSO http://www.ukra.org.uk/ >>Gosh, thanks! But what about Dancing Baby? > Whatever happened to him? He doesn't do rmr or any rocketry forums anymore, but he still comes to the occasional DARS meeting. And he still sends out funny stuff; I just received an email from him with the subject "Tits or Udders". I can't wait to see what's inside :) Doug >>>Gosh, thanks! But what about Dancing Baby? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >received an email from him with the subject "Tits or Udders". I can't >wait to see what's inside :) Glad to hear it. SignatureDarren J Longhorn http://www.geocities.com/darrenlonghorn/ NSRG #005 http://www.northstarrocketry.org.uk/ /UKRA #1094 /L2 /RSO http://www.ukra.org.uk/ |
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