End of an Era

[Thomas Arman]

I this your old spot?

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/lps/mstr/mstr.html

Tom

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: xtensionlist-bounces at shed.com [mailto:xtensionlist-bounces at shed.com]
>>On Behalf Of michael at shed.com
>>Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 7:27 PM
>>To: xtensionlist at shed.com
>>Subject: Re: End of an Era
>>
>>Michael said :
>>>I'm fulfilling a lifelong dream and flying down to see the launch, and I
>>>already had to frantically reschedule my vacation days, flights, hotel
>>and
>>>rental car this past Thursday when they bumped the launch back from the
>>15th
>>>to the 22nd! I don't want to have to do *that* again. :-)
>>
>>Well.... I wish you all the luck you need.
>>But with all the high blood pressure around that event, I wouldn't bet on
>>any date ... the bird will fly when the bird is good and ready...
>>
>>And if I am there, you can bet your buns that I will not hesitate to call
>>for a hold if even the slightest anomaly happens in 'my world'.
>>
>>I was the guy who scrubbed the first launch back in '81 with over
>>a million spectators on the island...later as I saw the newsreels about
>>the
>>traffic jam, I guessed that I wouldn't have been very popular that day.
>>But it had about as much affect on me as a skeeter bite in July...
>>
>>Still, even that one flew 3 days later... so give yourself a bit of
>>leeway...
>>
>>I'll certainly do all I can to make sure that it's a good'n
>>michael