Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Mon, 18 May 2009 20:30:12 -0400, BAR wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/bl...nal-2009-05-18

Mission accomplished.
These guys hardly get recognized unless they're killed.
Space - The Final Frontier
Don't it just give you the goosebumps?
One of my neighbors is good friends with one of the astronauts who did
the spacewalks that repaired the Hubble. And, my wife is going to get
one or two of the battery cells from the battery pack that was replaced.
My wife is very excited to get her hands on the batteries that have been
in orbital flight. This is the first time batteries have been returned
to Earth in the same packaging when they left in Earth.

I have packet QSL cards from every shuttle mission plus several 2
meter contacts and an American Flag flown by Maj. Gen. Charles F.
Bolden, Jr. (USMC - Retired) on board Discovery during STS-60 and a
space/Earth picture autographed by the crew - Charles F. Bolden -
Commander, Kenneth S. Reightler Jr. - Pilot, N. Jan Davis - Mission
Specialist, Ronald M. Seg - Mission Specialist - Franklin R.
Chang-Diaz - Mission Specialist, Sergei K. Krikalev - Mission
Specialist.

Neener, neener, neener. :)

I'll see if I can score you a plate from a battery.