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Launch Pics

Hi Guys,
I finally got some pics back from working the last shuttle launch on July 8th.

Here are couple of me working from the mission control room.
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I made sure to bring a little piece of Tex along with me.
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Here's one of me on the launch pad after our inspection of the vehicle.
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It was fun and a little sad. Time to move onto to other things.
Samantha


Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.
COOL!!!

NICE JACKET!!

HAHA, I beat you Jen on here!
Matt
Really cool pics, thanks for sharing them.
While pics 1 and 3 are both highly professional, I can't help but think that on picture 2 they just caught you playing space invaders.

-Cub. =o)
nice pics samantha
Lynne
tex murphy is back in town
Awesome! You've been a part of humanity's venture into space. That's nothing to scoff at, any day of the week.

-Fred
Pirates, vampires, zombies, ninjas, ghouls, aliens, goblins, monsters, robots, sorcerers, undead, werewolves, demons, mutated dinosaur-cyborgs and those pesky phone salesmen! The shotgun is a one-size-fits-all solution!
While pics 1 and 3 are both highly professional, I can't help but think that on picture 2 they just caught you playing space invaders.
Wouldn't surprise me if this was the game they usually played lol

http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/547/Shuttle.html

Honestly, this game is so god damn hard to fly.. I mean I can get into space and everything.. but good luck getting the damn thing to come apart and dock with the ISS.. ARRG! lol

Really good game for its time, reminds me a lot of the flight sim that was in Mean Streets. Yeah the link is for an Abandoned Ware site but I honestly doubt GOG.com will be putting this one up any time soon. It'd be nice to seem them add the old Virgin games in though.

Ah well, at least Nasa exists in digital form. Guess we can play this and think back nostalgically on better days.
Very cool pics Sam, I noticed on FB. Shame its the last one but so cool to see your photos.
David
Demonlawyer, what is your name on facebook? I think I have you on my friends list, but I am not 100% sure.... sometimes it is hard to associate who is who on facebook with who is who on here.

Thanks bud.
Matt
That is soo cool! I used to work in a factory just outside of the Promintory point facility where they would build those huge orange fuel cells. It was very interesting to see them test 'em. I cant imagine how awesome it would have been to work where you work (or worked considering the grounding of the space shuttle program :( ) I hope you didn't get laid off!
No luckily I transferred to Boeing's Airplane Division so I avoided the axe. Some of my colleagues did get laid off, decided to retire, and some moved onto other industries. There's a lot of shuffling around now that folks try to figure out what they want to do next.
Samantha


Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.
Did you work in Houston or in Florida?

I just saw an episode of Cake Boss where they made a cake for the last shuttle launch in the shape of shuttle..... I was wondering if you were at that party.
Matt
I usually worked in Houston. When it was time for a shuttle launch, I would fly to Florida.

No I did not attend that shuttle party. That one no doubt was for VIPs. The rest of us common workers had our own party.
Samantha


Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.
so samantha are you telling us you are just common........... :lol:
I don't think so
Lynne
tex murphy is back in town